FINANCE Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd pushed for a shift of Metro Manila and Calabarzon to a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) "as quickly as possible" to open the country's economy amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

In a televised briefing with President Rodrigo Duterte, Dominguez said that about 60 percent of the country's economy was based in Metro Manila or the National Capital Region (NCR) and Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon).

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