PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has scrapped restrictions on foreign travels for government workers, as well as the purchase of vehicles by government agencies.

This developed after the Chief Executive issued Administrative Order 6, repealing Administrative Order 103, which mandates all national government agencies, including state universities and colleges (SUCs), government-owned and-controlled corporations (GOCCs), government financial institutions (GFIs), and other government corporate entities (OGCEs), their subsidiaries, and other instrumentalities under the Executive Department to adopt the following austerity measures:

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