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Duterte donates 1-month salary for Covid-19 response By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has opted to donate his onemonth salary to raise the national government’s emergency funds allocated to curtail the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country, Malacañang said on Sunday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the announcement, as he confirmed that most members of Duterte’s Cabinet have pledged to cut 75 percent of their monthly salaries from the month of April to December to help the government step up its fight against Covid-19.
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“The President is likewise donating his one-month salary for the cause,” Panelo said in a press statement. Following the signing of Republic Act 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act on March 24, Duterte can now tap PHP275-billion emergency funds to address the Covid-19 threat in the Philippines.
