LIST: Public officials, workers donating salaries for gov't efforts vs coronavirus pandemic

Government officials and employees are donating their salaries, or portions of it, to help in the national government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. COVID19PH

Monoblock chairs with quarantine pass on top representing each household are lined up outside the houses in Brgy. Holy Spirit, Quezon City, to receive food packs during a house to house distribution on March, 27, 2020. Photo by Darren Langit/Rappler

Congress has granted President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to respond to the pandemic through Republic Act No. 11469 or the, which allows him to realign the 2019 and 2020 General Appropriations Acts for interventions in the unprecedented public health crisis. He said that the lawmakers are aiming to raise P50 million **. Once this amount is raised, Cayetano said that lawmakers plan to solicit donations from their friends to reach P100 million *".The country's soldiers – “from the highest ranking general to the lowest ranking personnel” – will donate a portion of their May 2020 salaries for the procurement of medical supplies and equipment, according to AFP chief of staff General Felimon Santos Jr.

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