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+ May 16, 2021 THE League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) expressed its gratitude to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) for approving its request to reclassify local chief executives (LCEs) as Priority Group A1: Workers in Frontline Health Services, specifically under Priority Group A1.5 in the ongoing National Vaccination Program.
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, LCP national president, said in a statement that such a move recognizes the important roles of LCEs in the success of the country’s vaccination program. We commit to reciprocate the trust and confidence of the IATF to city mayors with more active and responsive vaccination efforts in our respective localities, he said.
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File photo May 16, 2021 THE City Government of Bacolod will open an additional seven vaccination centers in various barangays in the city on Monday, May 17, 2021.
Councilor Renecito Novero, member of the Bacolod Covid-19 Vaccination Council, on Sunday said aside from the existing nine vaccination centers including in the malls, seven new additional vaccination centers in various barangays will open on Monday.
The additional new vaccination centers include the areas of Barangays Banago, Bata, Estefania, Granada, Singcang-Airport, Taculing and Tangub.
On Friday, the City also opened seven vaccination centers in the areas of Barangays Villamonte, Mansilingan, Alijis, Punta Taytay, and Mandalagan. The two other centers are for clustered barangays, the Barangay 39 cluster and Andres Bonifacio Elementary School Cluster.
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BACOLOD. Councilor Renecito Novero, member of Bacolod Covid-19 Vaccination Council. (File photo)
+ May 16, 2021 THE City Government of Bacolod will only wait for the decision of the National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) for the implementation of travel suspension from the Islands of Panay and Negros Occidental.
This was stressed by Councilor Renecito Novero, member of Bacolod Covid-19 Vaccination Council, on Sunday, May 16, 2021, after the Western Visayas-IATF (RIATF) approved a joint resolution recommending a moratorium on the movement of all travelers to and from the Islands of Panay and Negros for seven days.
The resolution was approved on May 15 during the emergency meeting of RIATF with Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Trenas, Governors Arthur Defensor of Iloilo Province and Eugenio Jose Lacson of Negros Occidental.