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House to hold special session on Covid-19 add'l budget
The House of Representatives is on standby for a special session to approve a P1.6 billion supplemental budget for the Department of Health's (DOH) COVID-19 response.
Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano assured the public that the House is ready to convene, noting that most members will be in the country during the legislative recess.
The House appropriations committee has already approved a bill seeking a PHP1.65-billion supplemental budget for the DOH to address the COVID-19 threat.
Cayetano directed committee chair Eric Go Yap to coordinate with the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office and ask President Rodrigo Duterte to certify the supplemental budget measure as urgent.
The confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 33.
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