THE House of Representatives’ ad hoc committee on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is pushing for a P613-billion stimulus package to aid businesses and workers affected by the pandemic.

The Technical Working Group (TWG) of the House Defeat Covid-19 Committee (DCC) drafted a consolidated bill called “An Act Providing a Philippine Recovery Strategy for the Economic Effects of Covid-19 based on proposals of ecomist-lawmakers Reps. Joey Salceda of Albay and Stella Luz Quimbo of Marikina.