Duterte to ‘sacrifice’ govt officials in Covid-19 compensation mess


Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. - PI

MANILA (The Philippine Daily Inquirer): President Rodrigo Duterte warned that he will fire officials behind the delay in the release of financial assistance to the family of healthcare workers who were stricken and succumbed to Covid-19.

“We have to move fast and I will sacrifice you if you are really a laggard, ” Duterte said in a taped public address aired Friday (June 5) morning.

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