Statement of Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the Senate proposal to provide cash grant to farmers and fishermen amid Covid-19 pandemic

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) lauds and echoes the push for Senate Bill No. 2100 that seeks “to provide direct cash assistance to small-scale farmers and municipal fisherfolk whose livelihoods have been most severely impacted by the prolonged lockdowns and economic recession brought by the Covid-19 pandemic.” While the crisis is primarily a public […]