THE latest tranche of cash assistance to households under strain due to intensified quarantine measures has left most of the public frustrated, if not completely exasperated, at the lack of support to those who need it most. Loud calls have been raised for Congress to create and enact a Bayanihan 3 bill — it would be the third such bill authorizing an expanded government response, including direct financial assistance to distressed families and businesses — but it seems it will require the intervention of President Duterte to prod the legislature to action.

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