“Almost 200 congressmen will donate our full sweldo ng May. Ang initial target ay P50 million,” Cayetano said in a virtual press conference when asked if the House members will also donate salaries for the COVID-19 fight just like what the Cabinet members earlier promised. ADVERTISEMENT(Almost 200 congressmen will donate our full salary for May. “May muna pinagusapan namin, hopefully hindi umabot ng June pero ‘pag umabot pa, then we will make a second call,” he said. Earlier, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Cabinet members pledged to voluntarily allocate 75 percent of their monthly salary to assist the government in addressing the COVID-19 outbreak.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 04, 2020 08:26 UTC