ASEANEWS FRONT PAGES: Singapore sets aside $60 billion for fight against coronavirus: DPM Heng

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 Contributor 0 Comment ASEANEWS FRONT PAGES: Singapore sets aside $60 billion for fight against coronavirus: DPM Heng

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BRUNEI- No new COVID-19 cases reported for three consecutive days

Azlan Othman Brunei Darussalam recorded no new cases of COVID-19 for three consecutive days. This was shared by Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar at a press conference at the Ministry of Health (MoH)

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JAKARTA, Indonesia- Jakarta Bans Gathering of More Than Five People Starting Friday

A nearly deserted sidewalk on Jalan Sudirman in Jakarta’s central business district on Tuesday. (Antara Photo/Akbar Nugroho Gumay)

Jakarta. Jakarta will start imposing tighter rules for a large-scale social restriction, known by its acronym PSBB, on Friday. New restrictions will include a ban on gatherings of more than five people, limitations on public transportation and closure of schools, offices, places of worship and other public places. / BY :LAURENS DAMI, VENTO SAUDALE, YUSTINUS PAAT, ANSELMUS BATA

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Cash aid for middle class gaining support

MANILA, Philippines —As problems mounted in the distribution of emergency subsidies to poor families during the coronavirus crisis, the chair of the House ways and means committee on Tuesday suggested a radical change in the government’s approach.

Instead of giving the second installment of the P5,000-to-P8,000 assistance per month to 18 million indigent families, why not grant a universal basic income of P1,000 to all Filipinos, except the wealthiest 10 percent?

HELP FROM CHURCH Claretian priest Educ Apungan of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Church in Quezon City shows cash vouchers distributed by the parish to around 300 poor families needing relief during the Luzon lockdown. The vouchers can be used to buy food and other essentials in grocery stores selected by the Claretian missionaries. (Photo by GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE / Philippine Daily Inquirer)

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In a report to Congress released to media on Monday night, the President said the Sustainable Livelihood Program–National Program Management Office was crafting supplemental guidelines for the release of the grant. By: DJ Yap, Julie M. Aurelio – / Philippine Daily Inquirer

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Singapore sets aside $60 billion for fight against coronavirus: DPM Heng

Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat noted that the current crisis is unprecedented - as is the Government's decision to roll out, in 48 days, three aid packages.

Task force also set up to review how country’s economy can build ‘new sources of dynamism’

Parliament yesterday urgently approved plans to heavily subsidise the wage bills of more than 1.9 million workers, support their families and keep businesses afloat, marshalling an extra $54 billion in Singapore’s fight against the coronavirus.

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Singapore will need to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic on a “sustainable basis”, he added. This means tapping past reserves again if the crisis deepens. “While we must make plans, and we are, at this hour, let us focus our minds fully on making the best use of this very unprecedented Budget to build social and economic resilience.”

The Deputy Prime Minister added that beyond its deep financial reserves, the country has also tapped the strength of its citizens. “Without the strength, resourcefulness, trust of our people, all the right measures won’t be worth the dollar tag on them,” he said.

He also hailed front-line workers and public servants, adding: “It is not only hectic. It has been emotional. We know what is at stake. Our lives, our livelihoods, our loved ones. Our home and nation.”

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HÀ NỘI, Viet Nam- US voices serious concern over China’s actions in East Sea

Health authorities on April 4 check the body temperatures of rescued fishermen whose boat was sunk by a Chinese coast guard vessel two days earlier off the waters of Việt Nam’s Hoàng Sa archipelago. — VNA/VNS Photo Phước Ngọc

HÀ NỘI — The US on Monday said it was “seriously concerned” about China’s reported sinking of a Vietnamese fishing vessel in the East Sea (South China Sea internationally).

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