MANILA, Feb 7 (Bloomberg): Philippines House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said he submitted a 420 billion peso (US$8.7 billion) pandemic relief bill to Congress to revive an economy in recession.
The relief will help fund programmes for pandemic-hit businesses and deliver another wave of cash aid for the poor, Velasco said in a statement on Sunday.
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