BUDGET Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Wednesday assured the public the government has enough standby funds to help workers to be affected by the six-month closure of Boracay.

Speaking to reporters, Diokno said that apart from the P2 billion in calamity funds that President Rodrigo Duterte had announced, the government may also tap other funding sources to help people on the island.

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