March 10, 2021 ABOUT 18 city and town mayors allied with the ruling PDP-Laban are supporting moves to urge President Rodrigo Duterte to run for the vice presidential seat during the 2022 national and local elections.
This was agreed on following the resolution passed by the mayors in Metro Manila allied with the ruling party asking Duterte to run for vice president.
Those who signed include local chief executives Ronda Mayor Terrence Mariano Blanco, Moalboal Mayor Paz Rozgoni, Cordova Mayor Mary Therese Sitoy-Cho, Asturias Mayor Jose Antonio Pintor, Consolacion Mayor Joannes Alegado, Consolacion Vice Mayor Teresita Alegado, City of Naga Mayor Kristine Vanessa Chiong, Carcar City Mayor Mercedita Apura, Medellin Mayor Joven Mondigo Jr, Tabogon Mayor Zigfred Duterte, Ginatilan Mayor Dean Michael Singco, Sibonga Mayor Leonel Bacaltos, Minglanilla Mayor Elanito Peña, San Fernando Mayor Lakambini Reluya, Lapu-Lapu City Vice Mayor Celedonio Sitoy, Malabuyoc Mayor Lito Narc
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+ DAVAO City Government employees will not be required to get a Covid-19 vaccine, Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said.
This was the mayor s statement in response to reports that some chief executives in other local governments are planning to make the Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for its employees in order to achieve herd immunity. Wala tay ing-ana kanang pagpamugos sa mga tao nga dapat magpabakuna sila dinhi sa atong local government unit (We do not force our employees to get the vaccine). Absent any law or ordinance which says nga kinahanglan nato pugson ang atong mga (that requires) city government employees na magpabakuna (to get the vaccine), we will not do that, Duterte-Carpio said in an interview on 87.5 FM Davao City Disaster Radio on March 8, 2021.
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The much-awaited vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) finally started in the Philippines this week, after over a year of facing the pandemic which caused more than 12,000 casualties and plunged the country's economic growth.
February 21, 2021 ANGELES City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. has ordered the creation of a working committee in anticipation of the procurement and arrival of the Covid-19 vaccines for 411,634 Angeles City residents.
On February 15, 2021, Lazatin issued an Executive Order (EO) No. 04, Series of 2021, or the “creation of the Angeles City Working Committee on the Adaptation and Implementation of the Philippine National Deployment and Vaccination Plan for Covid-19 Vaccines.”
“The working committee will be in charge of planning and organizing the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines in our city. They will oversee everything – from the procurement to the storage and handling of the vaccines, the transport of the vaccines to 33 barangays, and most important of all, the efficient vaccination of all Angelenos,” Lazatin said.