Gov’t mitigates Covid-19 impact on most vulnerable sectors With the country’s most vulnerable sectors reeling from the economic impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Wednesday said the government is pouring all its resources into assisting the sectors in need -- the poor, youth, displaced workers and struggling farmers.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (File photo)
Speaking at the third Pre-State of the Nation Address (SONA) activity organized as a prelude to the fifth state of the nation address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Nograles lamented that “as in any natural disaster, it is society’s most vulnerable sectors that have borne the brunt of this pandemic: our farmers, our youth, our poor.”
and painful. Some families do not have food, some cannot send their children to schools),” Nograles said.
Nograles said the government recognizes the problem and this is why Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Bautista emphasized the need for all government agencies to unite and help the Filipinos recover from the impact of “Matindi, malawak at masakit the health crisis. ang epekto ng Covid-19. May mga pamilyang di makakain. May mga “Malinaw po ito sa ibinuhos na pamilyang di makakapag-paaral (The pondo para magbigay ng ayuda impact of Covid-19 is extreme, massive, at para matulungan ang ating mga
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