The House Defeat COVID-19 Committee (DCC) is set to approve on Thursday (May 28) three more measures, including the proposed COVID-19 Unemployment Reduction Economic Stimulus (CURES) Act of 2020, which seek to cushion the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and public health.
The panel, co-chaired by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and House Majority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez, will conduct a virtual hearing on Thursday to pass the bills creating the P1.5 trillion COVID-19 Unemployment Reduction Economic Stimulus Fund; the proposed Better Normal for the Workplace, Communities, and Public Spaces Act of 2020; and the substitute bill mandating the conduct of Baseline Polymerase Chain Reaction COVID-19 testing for vulnerable groups.
House Bill No. 6709 or the proposed CURES Act was approved on Tuesday by the DCC’s social amelioration cluster, co-chaired by Villafuerte and Leyte 4th district Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez. HB 6709 calls for the establishment of the CURES Fund for the implementation of infrastructure projects across the priority areas of health, education, agriculture, and local roads/infrastructure, and livelihood .
“If we were able to provide over P200 billion in dole-outs through the Bayanihan Act, I think it is just right to provide P500 billion under the proposed CURES Act to create jobs. The rationale of this bill is that all infrastructure projects should be shovel-ready,” Villafuerte said.
Among the universal and mandatory health and safety measures to be imposed in public places are personal hygiene, the wearing of face masks, the availability of hand-washing or sanitizing stations, body temperature checks, physical distancing, information and educational campaign, testing centers and mass testing, contract tracing, and regular cleaning and disinfection of transport conveyances and station premises and facilities.
It provides the establishment of urban gardens and agriculture and green spaces, and designated smoking areas shall not be allowed.
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