Chua: PH economy could gain P3.6B weekly if Metro Manila shifts to AL2
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua says downgrading Metro Manila's alert level from 3 to 2 could add P3.6 billion to the national economy each week and create 16,000 jobs.
If further eased to Alert Level 1, another P10.3 billion would be added weekly along with 43,000 more jobs.
Metro Manila is currently under Alert Level 3 until Oct. 31.
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