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President Rodrigo Duterte declared on
Monday night the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon to stop the further
spread of COVID-19.
He ordered work suspension in all
government offices and private firms to totally implement the enhanced
community quarantine which means a total lockdown of the entire Luzon.
The chief executive was calling out the owners
of companies to release in advance their salaries, compensations, and even
their bonuses to help
alleviate the condition of their employees who are under home quarantine and
could not go to work because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
“Kindly cooperate. Mas
mabuti pa tumulong muna kayo. I will repay you with a good heart in the coming
days. To the private sector, I have this appeal, magbayahinan kayo,” Duterte said.
“The
problem really is the economy. Maybe you can consider paying the 13th-month pay
or just paying them maski kalahati sa sweldo nila kung talagang walang trabaho,
as a way of showing your solidarity to the Filipino at this critical time,” he said.
And in response to the President’s appeal, The
Department of Labor and Employment 0DOLE) reported that at least nine of the
country’s biggest companies have followed President Rodrigo Duterte’s request
to take care of their employees during the Luzon-wide lockdown.
DOLE shared the report from the Inter-Agency
Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease, these compliant
big corporations are:
1)The Aboitiz Group
of Companies of the Aboitiz family
2) International Container Terminal and Services Inc. and Solaire Hotel and Casino of Ricky Razon
3) Ayala Group of Companies
2) International Container Terminal and Services Inc. and Solaire Hotel and Casino of Ricky Razon
3) Ayala Group of Companies
4) JG Summit,
Cebu Pacific, Robinsons Land of the Gokongwei family
5) Jollibee Group of Tony Tan Caktiong
5) Jollibee Group of Tony Tan Caktiong
6) Lucio Tan
Group of Companies
7) Manuel V. Pangilinan-Salim Group
8) San Miguel Corp. led by Ramon S. Ang
9) SM Group of the Sy family
7) Manuel V. Pangilinan-Salim Group
8) San Miguel Corp. led by Ramon S. Ang
9) SM Group of the Sy family
Labor
Secretary Silvestre Bello III said: “In
response to his (Duterte’s) appeal to big businesses, the following group of
companies will continue to provide their employees with full payment of their salary
for the duration of the enhanced community quarantine without using up their
available leaves, advance payment of 13th and 14th-month pay, and other
financial relief.”
Bello added, “The Department trusts that other big business in the country will
follow suit,”
President Duterte declared Metro Manila and the
rest of Luzon under lockdown from March 17 to April 13, 2020.
The enhance quarantine closed down all malls
and restaurants (except take-out, delivery), forced workers to work from home,
imposed checkpoints to restrict movement, and suspended all public
transportation.
As of the moment, the Department of Health
(DOH) reported that there are 202 confirmed cases and 17 deaths so far from
COVID-19 in the country.
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