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Senate receives first Palace report on Bayanihan law implementation
President Duterte has submitted to the Senate his first report on the implementation of the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act.
The law, signed on March 24, mandates the President to submit a weekly report to Congress on the law's implementation.
The report details the distribution of financial aid ranging from P5,000 to P8,000 to 18 million low-income households, with cash and non-cash assistance set to be distributed starting April 1.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development, with the Department of Finance, is consolidating a database of beneficiaries for the emergency subsidy program.
The Department of Labor and Employment has provided cash aid to 8,641 beneficiaries under its COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) and assisted 51,293 workers through the TUPAD program.
The government has disbursed a total of P95,430,782 for these programs.
A Joint Congressional Oversight Committee has been formed to review the law's implementation.
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President Duterte reported to Congress on the "concrete, far-reaching" measures implemented by the government to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on citizens.
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President Rodrigo Duterte submitted his first report to Congress on government measures to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, as mandated by the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act.
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Senator Christopher "Bong" Go urged the Executive Department to expedite the implementation of the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act, emphasizing its limited three-month duration unless extended by Congress.
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President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the "Bayanihan to Heal as One Act" (Republic Act No. 11469) on March 24, 2020, granting him special powers to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Philippine government began the distribution of emergency subsidies to low-income families on April 3, 2020, starting with Manila and Parañaque.
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