Published April 26, 2021, 10:05 PM
To help augment the pandemic response for its personnel who contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) formally turned over P2.5 million grant to the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday, April 26.
PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Andrea Domingo turns over to PNP Chief Debold Sinas the mock check representing the agency’s P2.5 cash donation for the procurement of medical supplies. (Photo from PAGCOR)
Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, PAGCOR turned over the said grant to the PNP for the procurement of medical supplies to be used in its hospitals and health facilities – where over 1,300 infected PNP personnel are undergoing treatment.
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MANILA. Philippine National Police Chief Debold Sinas is interviewed by reporters on March 10, 2021, a day before his swab test for Sars-CoV-2 yielded positive results. (Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo)
+ March 11, 2021 PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Debold Sinas has tested positive for Sars-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
PNP spokesperson Brigadier General Ildebrand Usana confirmed the test result on Thursday, March 11, 2021, but said Sinas was “okay” and asymptomatic. Yes po. But he is okay po. No cause for worry. Prayers na lang po muna para kay chief PNP, Usana said in a message to reporters.