Provincial information officer Winston Arzaga said Saturday that the scholarship is open every year for Palaweños who are aspiring to become a doctor.
The ordinance was approved on third and final reading Monday. It prohibits and penalizes discriminating healthcare workers, suspected, probable, confirmed COVID-19 patients as well as repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
The Schools Division Office (SDO) in the province also called on them to strictly follow the February 4-issued "STOP NCOV", the DepEd acronym that relates the precautionary measures they should undertake in educating students about the new strain of coronavirus.
