Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia
(Cong. Gwen Garcia Facebook page / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Garcia said there were three consultants who reportedly proposed to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to place the province under a stricter quarantine status due to the rising COVID-19 cases in Metro Cebu and the possible presence of new variants.
The governor said she would block attempts to lock down the province.
“Don’t mess with us. We can take care of ourselves. I will not and never again accept a lockdown. I’ll fight for Cebu and the Cebuanos because Cebu is moving on and moving forward,” Garcia said in a press briefing Friday.
Published January 8, 2021, 2:01 PM
CEBU CITY Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said she felt vindicated after the Office of the Ombudsman overturned a previous decision, and cleared her and 11 others of criminal charges over alleged anomalies in the construction of the P830-million Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) in 2006.
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia
(Cong. Gwen Garcia Facebook page / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
“First of all, I am really grateful to God, Senior Sto. Niño and Our Lady of Guadalupe. We have gone through so much, I have gone through so much, my family has suffered greatly because of this baseless accusation,” Garcia said in a press conference Wednesday.