Economics
Philippines Congress to Prepare $3.93 Billion Stimulus Package
Commuters stand in line to ride the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train ahead of a curfew, imposed due to the coronavirus, in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila on March 16.
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Philippine Congress will craft a stimulus package of at least 200 billion pesos ($3.93 billion) when it meets Monday to discuss a supplemental budget to shore up the economy from the impact of a lockdown aimed at containing the coronavirus outbreak.
“What we talked about is an amount that won’t be less than 200 billion pesos in the next two months to make sure no Filipino will go hungry nor have no access to medicine,” House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said in a video posted on his Facebook account after a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte Saturday.