Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 7)— As Luzon faces another two weeks of enhanced community quarantine, more lawmakers have called for the expansion of the cash aid program to help affected Filipinos deal with the COVID-19 crisis.
Joey Salceda, Albay Representative and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman, proposed that the government provide subsidy to 90 percent of the country’s population.
"(The) proposal is that “all Filipinos except those in the top 10 percent” of the population receive between ₱1000 each in emergency assistance during the enhanced community quarantine. The said coverage would include the middle class," Salceda said in a […]
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