Philip Cu Unjieng
If one follows and subscribes to the Chinese Zodiac signs, then without a doubt, one is anticipating (in relief) the months to come. For on February 12th, 2021, we’ll be welcoming The Year of the Metal Ox; and I’m certain it can’t come any sooner, for so many are still wondering what blindsided them this 2020.
As the year 2020 started and the soothsayers and Feng Shui experts were busy prognosticating about the Year of the Gold Rat which commenced on the 25th of January; let’s face it, not many were foretelling the unmitigated disaster and calamity that this Year of the Rat would turn out to be. It was a Nakakabu-Rat kind of year, one that we wish never happened in our lifetime.
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File December 11, 2020 DEPARTMENT of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire again sought the help of local government units (LGUs) in enforcing the minimum public health safety protocols during the holidays.
Vergeire said local officials should constantly remind their constituents to wear face masks and face shields, and practice physical distancing to prevent a post-holiday surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases.
“Sa darating po na holiday season, humihingi po kami ng tulong sa inyo. We are looking at a possible surge come January kung hindi po natin mako-control ang activities ng mga kababayan natin this holiday season,” Vergeire said in a virtual forum of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines on Thursday, December 10, 2020.