BARMM allots P500 million for COVID-19 vaccine procurement
BARMM allots P500 million for COVID-19 vaccine procurement Jan 9, 2021 3:17 PM PHT Taj Basman The Bangsamoro government has set aside P500 million of its recently passed 2021 budget for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccine doses. This year's P75.6-billion budget of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARRM) prioritizes education, public works, and health. BARMM Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim earlier said that their 2021 budget “hopes to reassess and refurnish, if needed, existing response to the ongoing crisis and provide the opportunity to bounce back better as a region.” T...