The P1.5-trillion countryside infrastructure spending bill was passed on Thursday at the committee level at the House of Representatives, along with other measures dealing with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

The Defeat Covid-19 Committee (DCC) approved House Bill (HB) 6709, or the “Covid-19 Unemployment Reduction Economic Stimulus Act of 2020,” which seeks to spur infrastructure building at the barangay level in the countryside to generate jobs.

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