'We cannot forever be giving subsidies and food packs,' says former DSWD secretary Dinky Soliman. COVID19PH
, former social welfare secretary Dinky Soliman said one solution would be to revive micro, small, and medium enterprises to restart economies in smaller communities.“providing basic necessities and such activities” are allowed to remain open during the quarantine period.
"We cannot forever be giving subsidies and food packs. The people have to be part of the engine of reviving economic transactions by equipping them with funds," said Soliman. "We have to start thinking, planning, and working together – that's private sector, government, civil service organizations – in finding ways of doing economic transactions [in accordance with] social distancing and protocols on health. We make sure that we do not spread the contagion, but at the same time we have economic transactions that serve the interest of both the investor and the consumer," she added.
Business owners of these small enterprises bear the brunt of the lockdown situation, with some having to rely on emergency funds and applying for cash subsidies from the Department of Labor and Employment just to keep their employees paid. The Duterte administration set aside P1 billion for the Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-Asenso microfinancing special
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