City Councilors on Monday grilled executive officials over the delay in the implementation of key city government infrastructure projects, including an estimated total of...
Governor Jose Chaves Alvarez said Tuesday that there is still no measure and other plans to ensure the readiness of the provincial government to acquire COVID-19 vaccines.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, in a press briefing at the VJR Hall in Capitol Complex on Thursday, said that the locally appropriated funds may be separately added to the national COVID-19 vaccine allocation, helping the local government in procuring vaccines once made available.
Lawyer-councilor Herbert S. Dilig, author of Ordinance No. 1079, in a phone interview on Tuesday, said that indigent residents of Puerto Princesa will be prioritized when there are already COVID-19 vaccines.
In a pre-recorded video message aired Sunday, Bayron pointed out that Puerto Princesa City remained COVID-free after the lone COVID-positive patient left the province during the last commercial flight on March 17, and laid down city plans for its “prevention and containment”.
Mayor Lucilo Bayron was granted with the authority to dispense some P472 million calamity fund by the City Council through Resolution No. 0452-2020 issued in a special session held Friday last week, March 20.
