BACOLOD CITY, Feb. 19 (PIA) The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) thanked President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for the authority for the local government units (LGUs) to make advance payments for the procurement of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines.
Bacolod City mayor and LCP national president Evelio Leonardia expressed elation over the timely signing of President Duterte of Memorandum Order 51 series of 2021 where LGUs that are allowed to procure COVID-19 vaccines under existing laws and issuances, including those relevant to Emergency Use Authorizations, may make authorized payments exceeding the 15 percent limit, provided they are authorized to do so by the Chief Implementer, subject to the criteria and limits to be established by the National Task Force and the Department of Health, consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
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Leonardia thanks Duterte for granting LGUs authority to make advance payment for Covid vaccines
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By DONA MAGSINO, GMA News
Published January 15, 2021 9:01pm The League of Provinces is assisting provincial governments in the country to secure COVID-19 vaccines for their constituents through a tripartite agreement with the national government and manufacturers, its head Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. said Friday. We sent a survey form to all the governors to indicate how much money they want to allocate for the vaccines that we can purchase for them and at the same time we requested them to state the vaccine which they prefer, Velasco said in a Senate hearing on the government s COVID-19 immunization program. Per agreement with the National Task Force, with Secretary Charlie Galvez and Secretary [Francisco] Duque, we will collate all these things and then we will go into a tripartite agreement, he added.