President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the country under a state of calamity for one year to address the impact from the outbreak of African swine fever, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said.
“The country will be under a state of calamity for a year unless lifted or extended as circumstances may warrant, ” Roque told a televised press conference yesterday.
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