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Senator Erwin Tulfo on Tuesday, April 7 urged department agencies to look into the feasibility of Congress’ passing a proposed “Bayanihan 3” law despite the current fiscal state of the government.

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/04/07/do-we-have-funds-for-bayanihan-3-erwin-tulfo-quizzes-govt-agencies-aid-options-amid-oil-crisis

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00:00people are asking suggesting as as a matter of fact some lawmakers are suggesting
00:06to uh trigger or to uh start studying the implementation of bayanihan 3. the question
00:15now it sounds good on paper but do we have enough funds for this bayanihan act uh like what we
00:23did
00:23during uh the pandemic do we have enough funds because we did not anticipate this
00:30uh crisis so magtatanong po ako mamaya sa ating dswd that's a point as a front line ito
00:39of course our department of labor and employment if they have funds for this
00:43what if this crisis will last for another month or two can we sustain it i mean all this ayuda
00:53uh may mga nagsasabi puro ayuda and di naman po natin ginusto ito to the point not wala naman
01:00ho tayong plano as a matter of fact i don't know kaya nga we're also conducting this hearing later to
01:07find out uh what options do we have are these agencies tswd dole da uh dti do we have uh
01:20funding
01:20for all these to sustain and then how far do we go are we only going to concentrate on the
01:26poorest of the
01:27poor are we only going to help the transport sector what about those people earning minimum wage
01:38yung mga nagtatrabaho po sa mga tindahan grocery mga clerk janitor janitress security guards
01:46hindi ko sila above minimum wage yung iba pa nga po dyan below minimum wage can we take care of
01:54these
01:54people they also need help hindi lang po ang transport sector hindi lang po ang farmers hindi
01:59lang po ang fisher folks hindi lang po yung poorest of the poor yung mga members ng for peace but
02:05also
02:06also this this people let us not forget ito na naman po tayo i mean i've been reading the newspapers
02:13we're so focused but what about the backbone of our labor force the people in the supermarkets the
02:25buggers the cashiers the janitors janitress security guards um will they also get financial assistance from
02:37the government kaya ito places pag-uusapan natin we'll be i will be asking the various agencies kung
02:45kasi i keep on reading we're so focused in several sectors but what about this sector
02:52those who are earning minimum wage or below minimum wage will they also benefit i mean will they be given
03:00assistance by the government or hahayaan lang natin na ganyan na lang
03:06so when we talk of ayuda ladies and gentlemen we also have to look at everybody hindi lang po yung
03:11poorest of the poor sa pinakaibaba transport sector farmers fishermen what about po yung mga nasa
03:19middle class let us not forget this people yan po naging problema natin yung pandemic hindi po agad
03:26nasa kaso sila kaya umalma po yung mga ito na wait nagtatrabaho kami wait yung pinambibigay
03:34nyo na ayuda galing sa buispo namin taxes so let's not forget this ladies and gentlemen
03:39siguro yung approach po natin dito just like po ng pandemic si efektado po lahat hindi
03:45kakayaanin yung kinikita yung mga pension na mga seniors mga pwdc let's start talking about this and
03:53let's plan what do we do kung itong giyero na ito tumagal po hanggang mayo hanggang junyo
04:00can we sustain this assistance to our kababayans
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