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Budget Sec Avisado says the following Bayanihan 2 funds are pending approval with the Office of the President:

P6B - DSWD AICS
P8B - DOLE Tupad
P11.6B - DA
P20.5B - DOH

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He was asked about the death of 3-month-old River Nasino, born in jail but separated from mother Reina Mae less than two months after.

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