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Manila hands out cash to poor during lockdown
Philippine tricycle driver Jesus Gomez struggled to make a living even before the capital Manila went back into a coronavirus lockdown last week that forced most of his customers to stay home and halved his meagre income. Six months behind in rent and unable to afford cooking gas, the 77-year-old joined hundreds of others yesterday at a covered basketball court to receive a thousand peso ($20) government handout. About 80% of the more than 13mn people living in the sprawling national capital region are eligible for the one-off cash payment to ease the economic pain caused by the latest lockdown. “It’s a big help because if there’s no cash aid I can’t buy (cooking) gas,” said Gomez, who earn

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