Big projects may give way to COVID-19 response programs, says Duterte

  • 4 years ago
The government may discontinue big-ticket projects aside from selling state properties to adequately fund its response to the socio-economic crisis spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Duterte said in a taped public address last Thursday that the COVID-19 outbreak has taken the nation “hostage” and that the government’s operations to contain and mitigate the effects of the pandemic have become costly.

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