MANILA, Philippines—Bayan Muna called on President Rodrigo Duterte to put together a special session that would fast-track the approval of the P10,000 “Ayuda Bill” and another legislative measure that would provide a P100 wage subsidy for workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate said that it’s high time for the government to make use of the funds that it borrowed, a total of P10.4 trillion, for COVID-19 response while also hitting at the creation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).
“Our workers are hungry and in dire need and the government should provide aid for the…
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