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PAID LEAVES FOR VACCINEES ON NAT’L VAXXING DAYS

The government should widely disseminate the presidential order that employees who will get jabbed during the three-day national vaccination drive shall not be marked absent, Senator Joel Villanueva said. Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, called on the Department of Labor and Employment and the Civil Service Commission to come up with clear guidelines […]

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PAGADIAN SENIORS GET PRIZES FOR VACCINE JABS – CO

The city government of Pagadian is launching a “pabunot promo” to entice senior citizens to submit themselves to the government vaccination program.  Mayor Samuel Co said he is coming up with the strategy after several senior citizens are hesitant to be inoculated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “The city government is offering free transportation to […]

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PROTECT VACCINATED PEOPLE – BARZAGA

A lawmaker at the House of Representatives stressed the need to enact a general law protecting all vaccinated individuals against those who will refuse to receive the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines pursuant to the general welfare clause of the 1987 Constitution. Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr. cited the general welfare clause stating that “the […]