Duterte's cash aid for poor Filipinos draws middle class pushback

Manila bracing for worst economic hit since 1998 as 1.2 million lose jobs

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A rickety barricade blocks a Manila street in an attempt to try and prevent the spread of COVID-19. © Reuters

CLIFF VENZON, Nikkei staff writer

MANILA -- Lea Ariola's small business making mushroom chips, a tasty local vegetarian snack, has been shuttered in the coronavirus pandemic, and she is outraged -- that the government has prioritised the poor for financial assistance.

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