Duterte defends 5-day closure of cemeteries during 'Undas'
(PNA file photo by Robert Alfiler) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte defended the five-day closure of cemeteries, memorial parks, and columbaria nationwide during Undas for the second year in a row amid criticism from some local government units (LGUs) outside Metro Manila. Duterte said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) called the shots in deciding ways to prevent a potential super-spreader event of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) transmission in the country. "Ito ho ay talagang utos, mandato ng IATF at wala po tayong magawa at...
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