(File photo) MANILA - Malacanang on Tuesday welcomed the decision of a Manila court to dismiss the petition against the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in connection with the implementation of mandatory vaccination against Covid-19 for onsite workers. "We welcome the decision of the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Brach 41 dismissing the petition against the Inter-Agency Task Force or IATF in connection with unvaccinated onsite workers and those vaccinated against Covid-19," Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, also acting presidential spokesperson, said in a Palace press briefing. Nograles emphasized the need to ensure that every Filipino is safe and healthy. "Nais natin lahat ang isang ligtas at malusog na kapaligiran at pamumuhay (We all want a safe and healthy environment and lifestyle)," he added. Judge Rosalyn Mislos-Loja of the Manila RTC Branch 41 noted that the IATF was merely exercising its discretionary
(File photo) MANILA - Onsite workers are not being compelled to get their Covid-19 jabs, Malacanang said on Wednesday. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, the acting presidential spokesperson, made this response to a complaint filed against the Supreme Court and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in connection with the implementation of a supposed mandatory vaccination against Covid-19 for onsite workers in areas where there is an ample supply of vaccines. Nograles admitted that he has not personally seen the complaint but noted that the Palace will have to wait on the required response sought by the court. "Procedurally if we are required to submit a comment or an answer, then we will await the court to ask us to do so. So procedurally, we will have to await whatever required response if any will be asked of us by the court and we will submit," he said in an interview over CNN Philippines' The Source. He said the s