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QC solon calls for public support for local production of COVID-19 vaccines

Published May 14, 2021, 1:38 PM Quezon City Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo is rallying the public to support the plan to locally produce 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, saying that the move could be “the fastest way of achieving herd immunity in our country and around the world.” Castelo, vice chairperson of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development, is confident that the local business sector will invest in this endeavor. She said the country is not lacking of “patriotic” businessmen who will finance the domestic manufacture of vaccines. “Manny Pangilinan has expressed readiness to support this grand initiative. I am sure that the likes of Ramon Ang and the Ayalas would only be willing to join him,” Castelo said in a press statement.

Congressman wants monument built for COVID-19 frontliners

Published April 13, 2021, 1:30 PM Manila 1st District Representative Manuel Luis Lopez is proposing the establishment of national monument called the “Bantayog ng mga Bayaning Frontliners” (Monument of Frontline Heroes) in honor of health workers as well as non-medical frontliners in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Lopez, chairperson of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development, said that his House Bill No. 9159 or the proposed “Frontliners Recognition Act” also sought to declare a “National Day of Mourning or Remembrance” for fallen COVID-19 frontliners. The proposed monument shall also serve as memorial and where the names of all deceased frontline workers would be inscribed.

MWSS assures no water shortage until 2035 in Metro Manila, neighboring towns

Published March 17, 2021, 7:26 PM There will be no water shortage in Metro Manila and neighboring towns in Rizal, Bulacan, Cavite and Laguna until 2035. But nearly 15 years of abundant water supply may still be cut to just two years –  2021 and 2022 – if the construction of the Kaliwa Dam, designed to augment the current Angat Dam water source, is not completed as scheduled. Metropolitan Waterworks Sewerage System Administrator Reynaldo Velasco assured the House Committee on Metro Manila Development that sufficient water supply will be experienced until 2035 as indicated in the potable water roadmap the MWSS submitted to President Duterte. “I can categorically tell you that if we follow the program that we started, we will be assured of enough water until 2035,” he said when asked by Quezon City Rep. Precious Hipolito-Castelo to explain what the road map is all about.

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