 We need an economic relief directly to the people, regardless of our status, right now. Why should governments be paying our vast sums of public money to prop up an industry which is unsustainable, which is contributing massively to climate change? There's been a lot of adversity as a community of Oceania. We got through all this stuff before because we lean back on our foundations, right? It's unfortunate that the Philippine government has chosen to pursue a military response to a public health emergency. We call on government officials not to use the crisis as an excuse to trample on human rights, civil liberties and human dignity.