Published February 16, 2021, 11:46 AM
Some Metro Manila mayors opposed the proposal of placing the entire country under the Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) starting March 1.
A policeman stands guard as he reminds people to observe Covid-19 coronavirus health protocol at a popular shopping market hours before Christmas eve in Manila on December 24, 2020. (Photo by STR / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN)
In a meeting with President Duterte on Feb. 15, Acting National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Chief Karl Chua presented his agency’s proposal to “
In an interview with Unang Balita, San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said it’s better for Metro Manila to remain in its current quarantine status which is GCQ or General Community Quarantine.
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This, as DILG Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya admitted that the biggest challenge for the LGUs’ COVID-19 inoculation drive is the low demand among their residents.
In an interview over GMA News, Malaya said the LGUs should step up its drive in convincing the concerned individuals to be inoculated attributing that the low demand for COVID-19 vaccination is due to the unverified negative information from social media.
“Tingin ko ‘yung kailangang mensahe natin sa ating kababayan ay lahat ng bakuna na aaprubahan ng ating pamahalaan ay dumaan sa tamang proseso (I think we need to send a public message that all the (COVID-19) vaccines approved by the government underwent legal process), ” Malaya said.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 14) Vice President Leni Robredo has called on government officials to conduct consultations with localities and other sectors before implementing policies in the middle of the pandemic. Uunahin yung mga sinehan, mga interactive game arcades, enclosed, more than an hour magkasama yung mga taong nandoon. Hindi ko alam kung based ito sa science, she said.
[Translation: They want to prioritize the cinemas, interactive game arcades, but these areas are enclosed and people will likely stay here for more thna hour. I don t know if this is based on science.] Di ko talaga maintindihan kung ano yung science behind it. Naiintindihan natin na kailangan nang buksan yung ekonomiya pero kita naman natin kahit na buksan yung mga mall, walang umiikot, kakaunti talaga dahil takot pa ang mga tao, Robredo added.
Published February 10, 2021 2:37pm San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora on Wednesday asked Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to allow him to be the first person to be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine in the city. In a letter he read during the visit of National Task Force against COVID-19 in the city, Zamora said he is aware that the priority in the vaccination program are healthcare workers and medical frontliners but he believed that being the first to be inoculated will boost his constituents trust and confidence. “(I) seek your approval.to be the first person to be vaccinated in the City of San Juan. The undersigned is volunteering in order to increase the trust and confidence of our citizens in the vaccination process and to encourage them to have themselves inoculated as well,” he said.
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Wednesday (January 20) that city residents can choose which brand of COVID-19 vaccine they want to be inoculated once it becomes available.