(Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP / FILE PHOTO) This was confirmed by Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III over a radio interview on Wednesday, April 14. “It’s better if we have more vaccination facilities,” he explained in Filipino. To date, De Vera said that a total of 17 colleges and universities have agreed to have their facilities used as COVID-19 vaccination sites. Majority of these are located in the National Capital Region (NCR). As of April 9, the 17 public and private HEIs that offered their facilities to serve as vaccination sites of local government units include Our Lady of Fatima University – Valenzuela, Manila Central University, University of Perpetual Help System Dalta – Las Piñas Campus, De La Salle University – Dasmariñas, St. Louis University, Central Philippine University, West Visayas State University, OLFU- San Fernando, Pampanga, University of Baguio, Benguet State University, University of Cebu, University of Perpetual Help – Dr. Jose G. Tamayo Medical University, OLFU-Quezon City, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, Notre Dame Kidapawan College, North Valley College Foundation, and Cotabato Medical Foundation.