BMP President Luke Espiritu said it seems that the national government has not learned anything from the blunders it allegedly committed before. | GabrielLaluINQ
“Most importantly, how will they support the millions of workers, unemployed, and those in the informal sector still reeling from mass layoffs and economic downturn without first ensuring sufficient amelioration programs for the duration of the new lockdown?” he added.
President Duterte appeared on national television on Sunday night supposedly to respond to calls of health workers for a break, as hospitals and health facilities had been overwhelmed with the rising number of COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile, the inadequacy of the government’s social amelioration program — which failed to reach some families severely affected by the work suspensions brought by the COVID-19 lockdowns — have forced people to continue businesses despite the quarantine status disallowing such activities.Most sellers have played a cat-and-mouse game with authorities, with several offenders arrested for doing business as they have nothing left to eat.
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