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The Philippines is crafting a stimulus package as it weighs extending a monthlong Export Stone Crushers to Philippines
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The government will prioritize the most affected 18 million households, according to
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez. Companies will also receive assistance, he
said on Tuesday.

“This planned stimulus package is already being crafted and will be responsive to the
uncertainties of the situation,” Dominguez said in a statement, without elaborating. “At
this point, nobody knows how bad this pandemic will get or how long it will last.”

Governments across the world are unveiling unprecedented fiscal stimulus as the
U.S. spies find coronavirus spread in China,
global economy reels from the coronavirus pandemic, with lockdowns spreading to North Korea, Russia hard to chart
countries like India and South Africa. In the Philippines, central bank Governor Reuters
Benjamin Diokno has warned of a recession this year.

The Philippines on Tuesday reported 538 new virus cases – the highest daily jump in
the number of infections – bringing the total to 2,084, including 88 deaths.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the government has yet to decide if the
enhanced community quarantine set to end on April 12 will be terminated, extended or 2
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expanded to include more areas. The Department of Health will set the parameters of
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“In this discussion, science is in charge,” Nograles said in a televised speech on
Tuesday, rejecting rumors that a decision to extend the quarantine by 60 days has
been made.

The government is looking into converting passenger ships, hotels, a convention

center and a sports complex into quarantine facilities. Food and financial assistance
for poor households will be released in the coming days.

The Agriculture Department will import 300,000 metric tons of rice to ensure sufficient
supply, and may buy the same volume again for contingency, Nograles said.
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