Before the headline topic, congratulations to Maria Ressa, co-awardee of the Nobel Peace Prize with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, recognizing their assertion of freedom of expression under pressure from their respective presidents and governments. The Nobel is the third international press freedom recognition for Ressa, following the Golden Pen of Freedom Award in 2018 and the Unesco/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, awarded on May 3 this year, Press Freedom Day.

Turning to the headline topic, the paramount issue is not taming the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic or reviving the lockdown-strangled economy though both are most urgent to save lives and livelihoods.

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