Senator Francis Tolentino has filed a bill that would institutionalize a three – installments payment scheme on basic utility bills during a state of calamity. | CMRamosINQ
“Holders of public utility franchises and all service providers are prohibited from exacting payment or from disconnecting the service due to non-payment during the entire duration of the moratorium,” according to the measure.
“Any amount due and demandable during the moratorium period shall be payable in three equal monthly installments, without interest, which shall accrue a month after the cessation of a state of calamity,” it added. Earlier, the government ordered the moratorium on the payment of electric, water, telephone and other bills after the entire Luzon was placed under an enhanced community quarantine in a bid to curb the spread of the coronvirus.
At present, only Metro Manila and other “high risk” areas remain under an enhanced community quarantine until May 15 while a general community quarantine has been imposed on moderate to low-risk provinces since May 1. As of Monday afternoon, Philippine health officials have confirmed 9,485 COVID-19 cases in the country.
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