The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will recommend to President Rodrigo Duterte the handing out of cash assistance to 22.9 million low-income earners living in the National Capital Region (Metro Manila) and four outlying provinces that are under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).
ECQ BITES Divisoria, the country’s bargain center, was deserted on March 29, 2021, the first day of the implementation of an enhanced community quarantine. Malls, stalls and stores were shuttered in the usually busy district. PHOTO BY RENE DILAN