Metro Manila mayors are considering giving uniform incentives to convince more people to get inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
(FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez, also the chairman of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), said in an interview with A
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez, also the chairman of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), said Metro Manila mayors have agreed to allow more businesses to open by June to restore jobs and expand more services in the National Capital Region (NCR).
(AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Olivarez said the MMC als
MMDA chairman Benhur Abalos says Metro Manila mayors all agree to extend general community quarantine in the capital region, but with increased capacity for more businesses and with curfew still in place.
May 20, 2021
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez yesterday ordered an investigation into the festival in Baclaran last Monday.
“We will check and see if there was a shortcoming among barangay officials in Baclaran, as well as law enforcers assigned in the area,” the mayor said.
It was after the video was captured that some young people joined the game without wearing face masks.
A parallel investigation into the incident was ordered to identify those involved in the mass gathering at the Sta. Rita De Casia.
PNP chief, P/Gen. Guillermo Eleazar ordered the Southern Police District to investigate the festival held in Baclaran, where there was a violation of health protocols.
(Nayong Pilipino Foundation website / MANILA BULLETIN)
Olivarez said the mega vaccination facility will help the country achieve its target herd immunity before December.
“Yun pong lugar na ‘yun, meron na tayong isolation facility po doon. Ang nag ma-manage po diyan ay yung ating DOH (Department of Health) kaya kung malalagyan natin ng vaccination center ‘yan, it would be favorable hindi lang po sa Parañaque, kundi po sa buong NCR (We already have an isolation facility there which is being managed by the DOH that’s why if we will also put up a vaccination center, it would be favorable not only for Parañaque but for the entire NCR),” Olivarez told DZRH News.