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Duterte donates 1-month salary for Covid-19 response
Most members of President Duterte's Cabinet have voluntarily offered to give up 75 percent of their monthly salaries until December 2020 to fund government efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Duterte himself will donate his one-month salary to support the national COVID-19 response.
Nearly 200 congressmen have also agreed to give up their salary for the next month, with the House of Representatives expected to raise P50 million.
Top officials of the local government of Manila will donate their salaries for April, amounting to about P4.7 million, to the Philippine General Hospital.
Senator Sonny Angara also committed to donating his salary.
The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) applauded these decisions and expressed hope that other officials will follow suit.
President Duterte had previously assured the public that funds allocated under the Bayanihan To Heal As One Act would not be misused by politicians.
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