Pimentel: COVID no longer cause of calamity in PH
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III agreed with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that COVID-19 no longer warrants a state of calamity in the Philippines.
Pimentel backed Marcos's hesitation to extend the current state of calamity, which was set to expire on December 31.
Marcos emphasized that continuing the state of calamity is not technically accurate and he is seeking ways to provide benefits to health workers without declaring a state of calamity.
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