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+ April 29, 2021 “Tiangge” or wet market, that was how anyone who had been to the coastal barangay of Tanke, Talisay would describe the bravado with which illegal drugs were sold in that corner of the city before 2016.
The village seemed like a parallel universe with residents, local officials and the police reduced to inferior terms in the presence and dominance of drug lords. No one dared to rock the boat.
In 2020, in a speech during a Sinulog affair, President Rodrigo Duterte singled out Talisay City for its drug situation, and Barangay Tanke apparently was at the core of that displeasure. At that time, authorities had already made strides in the campaign, had laid down the groundworks with a series of surgical operations apprehending identified drug lords. In fact, the city already had its long-running rehabilitation and after-care program under its City Health Office in full swing.
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+ April 13, 2021 Although the cause has not been ascertained yet, the death of an outsourced employee of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) after receiving a complete dose of AstraZeneca vaccine creates fear and apprehension in the government’s ongoing anti-Covid 19 vaccination program. The death of Sydney Rose Panimdim, 37, of Sitio Rattan, Tanke, Talisay City, will again create doubt and people will be hesitant to submit themselves for vaccination. Panimdim was an employee of Perfect Clean, an outsourcing agency, but was assigned at VSMMC as a janitress.
She was reportedly suffering from bronchial asthma and had already completed the two shots of AstraZenera last April 9. She reported for work the day prior to her asthma attack last Sunday afternoon and was already complaining of body pain. She was rushed to the hospital and died Sunday night. Did the vaccine trigger the asthma attack? That is yet to be known in the investigation conducted by