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+ March 01, 2021 A TOTAL of 600,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine donated by the Chinese government arrived in the Philippines on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021.
Although the Philippines is the last member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to receive the vaccine, the Sinovac shipment arrived just four days after the first batch of vaccines reached our neighbors Vietnam and Thailand.
Mind you, if Malacañang had agreed to allow clinical trials to be conducted here like Lao PDR and Indonesia did, we would have received vaccines in November and December, respectively. But it didn’t. And there’s no point in dwelling on what could have been.
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The article where the graphic came from was published in 2020 and was only about an ordinance in Cebu City. The city gov't has also suspended the registration since June 2020 due to the pandemic.
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CEBU Seares: Politics aside, questions on (1) Cebu City mayor s health, impact on Covid and (2) big mess at City Hall remain. VM Rama, Mabatid not minor critics.
+ February 08, 2021 SHOVE aside for now the issue of politicking. In a way, both Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella and Vice Mayor Michael Rama are politicking. They have been so engaged since they joined elective public service. For each policy or deed, they consider, consciously or not, its impact on votes.
Mike Rama called out in open session of the City Council Friday, January 5, for Edgar Labella to report back to City Hall (bringing not just his body but his body and soul no less) and lead hands-on the campaign against the pandemic. He stopped short of asking, Edgar, tell us how physically fit you are. Mike only said, You know your own self. You know what to do.
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ROLE REVERSAL. This 2014 photo shows then mayor Michael Rama (left) conferring with then vice mayor Edgardo Labella. Rama, who is now vice mayor to Labella’s mayor, has called on the latter to show up at City Hall to address the city’s Covid-19 situation. The mayor has been working at home for the last two weeks. (SunStar file)
+ “PUT aside politics, Mike.”
This was Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella’s response to Vice Mayor Michael Rama, who criticized the mayor for not being at the City Hall amid the increasing number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the city.