MANILA, Apr 20 (Bloomberg): Dozens of makeshift stalls for food donations have sprouted across the Philippines, as the government said aid for the poor had been delayed weeks after another lockdown.
Only 4 billion pesos (US$83 million) of the 23 billion-peso budget for aid have been handed out as distribution was hampered by measures to curb spread of the virus, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said at a virtual briefing Monday.
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