ECQ pushes 102,000 Pinoys into poverty
Published April 6, 2021, 1:51 PM The extended enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila and nearly provinces will push more than 100,000 additional Filipinos into poverty as these stringent lockdowns are seen take a heavier toll on the economy, jobs and household income. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III and Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said the two-week ECQ in the National Capital Region Plus (NCR) bubble may drag down the economy by 0.5 percentage point to 0.8 percentage point this year. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULELTIN) Dominguez said the ...