Tolentino seeks help for micro businesses   

SEN. Francis Tolentino on Monday said the government should also help micro businesses in key tourist destinations whose operations have been paralyzed by the coronavirus pandemic.

“An estimated 80 percent sa mga negosyo sa ating tourist spots ay micro businesses. Baka magaya tayo sa US na ang nakinabang lang ay ‘yung malalaking negosyo (Some 80 percent of the businesses in our tourist spots are micro businesses. We would like to avoid what transpired in the United States, where only the big businesses benefited),” Tolentino said during the interpellation of Senate Bill (SB) 1564 or the “Bayanihan to Recover As One Act.”