VP Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin)
“There is absolutely no truth to the claim” of Trillanes, Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez said on Wednesday, May 12, stressing that the vice president is focused on her office’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response.
“As VP Leni has repeatedly stated, her focus remains on helping our fellow Filipinos through the COVID-19 crisis. She has not made a decision regarding the 2022 elections, and there is absolutely no truth to the claim that she is making ‘preparations’ to run for governor of Camarines Sur,” he said.
“This is not a time for politicking, but for working for the people’s welfare,” Gutierrez added.
Published May 5, 2021, 4:44 PM
Vice President Leni Robredo has never been mum about possible plans to run for local office in her hometown of Camarines Sur, and a seemingly harmless social media post might add fuel to the rumors that she may not run for president in the May 2022 polls.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) confirmed that the vice president has registered herself on the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) after Facebook posts showed Robredo getting her biometrics taken at the PhilSys registration center on Tuesday, May 4, in Magarao, Camarines Sur.
VP Leni Robredo applies for a barangay clearance in Magarao, Camarines Sur on May 4, 2021 (Boyet Habana/Facebook)
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The President raised doubts that China would give up its territorial claims believing the area is theirs even if the country gets help from the United Nations.
Duterte posed a question to the retired SC justice during his late-night pre-recorded address to the nation Monday, April 19.
“Ito naman si Carpio, daldal nang daldal wala namang… Ano bang gusto mo? Sige ka punta doon sa… (This Carpio keeps on talking but he doesn’t… What do you like? Right, go there to…) Do you think China will obey the United Nations? I’ll ask you a question: If the United Nations will ask China to surrender because of that award given to us, ibibigay ba ng China ‘yan? (will China give that back?),” Duterte asked Carpio.
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“In light of the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in the country, there will be a symbolic vaccination with CoronaVac vaccines by Sinovac Life Sciences Co, Ltd., in different hospitals in the National Capital Region (NCR) for March 1, 2021,” the DOH said in an advisory.
“In the coming days, these vaccines will also be rolled out in other parts of the country,” the DOH added.
The six hospitals are the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in Manila, Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City, Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center (DJNRMMC) in Caloocan City, Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City, Philippine National Police General Hospital in Quezon City, and the Victoriano Luna Medical Center in Quezon City.