President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members prior to his talk to the people at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Matina, Davao City on February 15, 2021. ALBERTO ALCAIN/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
NEDA CHIEF: GOV’T SHOULD LOOSEN RESTRICTIONS TO BOOST ECONOMY The government should carry out a policy balancing its fight against the spread of the coronavirus and reviving the economy, the acting chief of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said on Monday. During a presentation to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte aired Monday night, acting Socioeconomic Caraga INFOCUS
Planning Secretary Karl Chua made a recommendation to put the country under a less restrictive modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) to boost the economy. “Iyong aking ibabahagi ‘yong kailangan po natin mag-shift sana sa lalong madaling panahon to MGCQ for the entire Philippines.
Sana starting March 1, 2021 para i-address po ‘yong hunger or ‘yong mataas na antas ng mga Pilipino po na nagugutom,” Chua said in his presentation. He said that the government’s quarantine restriction since March 2020 has resulted in a total income loss of P1.04 trillion last year, with an February 13-19, 2021 |
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