Palace defends admin's plan to give P200 monthly subsidy to poor families

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This photo taken on March 18, 2020 shows a mother washing her laundry outside her home along the river in Manila. Asian nations have imposed increasingly heavy measures to fight the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Philippines has ordered half its population of some 110 million to stay home.

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MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Thursday defended the administration's plan to provide a P200 monthly subsidy to poor households hit by rising commodity prices for one year, saying it is what the government can afford for now.

 

Acting presidential spokesman Martin Andanar said state funds are limited so the financial aid would only cover the bottom 50% of Filipino households or about 12 million individuals.

 

"Obviously, we can only give what is in the state coffers because if we go beyond that, we have to borrow money again," Andanat told radio station dzBB in Filipino.  

 

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