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Robredo, who is a Bicolano, gushed about seeing Pili nuts in two of the dishes served to her. She is a native of Naga City, Camarines Sur.
MacArthur hosted a lunch reception for Robredo in her honor at his residence in Makati City.
The vice president shared photos of their lunch in a Facebook post. They were joined by Danish Ambassador Grete Sillasen, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, and Helene Girard, a minister-counsellor from
the Embassy of Canada.
“[I was] Super touched that Pili nuts was featured in a couple of items in the menu. Appreciate thoughtful gestures such as this,” Robredo wrote.
Sinovac vaccines sent to some hospitals in Metro Manila
Published March 1, 2021 1:18am
Updated March 1, 2021 9:08am Some of the Sinovac vaccines received by the Philippines on Sunday have been delivered to various hospitals and medical centers in the metro, many of which will be holding symbolic first vaccinations on Monday morning. The first legal shipment of vaccines to arrive in the country 600,000 doses of Sinovac s CoronaVac vaccine landed at Villamor Airbase past 4 p.m. on a Chinese government plane. President Rodrigo Duterte and several members of his Cabinet, as well as Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian, were on hand to witness their offloading into trucks to bring them to a storage facility in Marikina.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has encouraged the city's healthcare workers to take the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19 following the arrival of China’s Sinovac vaccine in the country.
Mayor Joy Belmonte
Belmonte said “time is of the essence,” so frontliners must now get the vac
Photo from QC LGU/ MANILA BULLETIN
The mayor distributed bayongs and eco bags to market goers in Galas, Munoz, Suki, A. Bonifacio, Frisco, and Kamuning market in Quezon City on Sunday, February 28.
The kick off event was in relation with the re-implementation of the city’s Plastic Bag Ban Ordinance starting on Monday, March 1.
Belmonte was joined by Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department head, Andrea Villaroman, and personnel from the Market Development and Administration Department of the city to encourage sustainable practice and promote the plastic waste reduction campaign.
The distribution of plastic bags as carry-out bags in establishments will be prohibited throughout the city.