The Taguig City government will start the distribution of “ayuda” or financial assistance from the national government Wednesday. Based on a circular by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Taguig has been given a fund of P723,971,000 for distribution to individuals and families affected
Published July 2, 2021, 9:13 AM
The Taguig City government will start Friday (July 2) the vaccination of people belonging to the A5 priority group or the indigent population.
Using its vaccination bus, the city government will hold a symbolic vaccination of A5 group at Bagong Lipunan Condominium Tenement in Brgy. Western Bicutan.
Actress Andrea Brillantes (left) and actor Jake Ejercito get vaccinated in Taguig (Trace Taguig / MANILA BULLETIN)
It is targeting to vaccinate 1,000 A5 people through the vaccination bus. The bus, which can previously handle 200 people per day, can now vaccinate 1,000, and will be used for A4 (essential workers), A5 and second dose recipients at the Tenement event. Another vaccination bus will be deployed to Brgy. Bagumbayan to vaccinate 1,000 people.
The British School Manila (BSM), a private international school in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig, has become a host for the city's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination on Friday.
“As a school, we are so pleased that we have an incredibly positive and collaborative support of partner
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It partnered with Megaworld Corp. for the use of the cinemas as a vaccination hub, which will have two teams each with a daily capacity of 400 people.
“We have a good number of vaccine supplies as of now. We were told by the national government that there will be more (arriving) in June. With that, the job of the LGU is to make sure that vaccination is safe, fast, and accessible. The city of Taguig wants to focus on those three things. So, we will continue to aggressively plan our vaccination rollout,” said Mayor Lino Cayetano.
The Venice Grand Canal Mall site is an addition to Taguig’s vaccination hubs at Vista Mall, SM Aura, and another in BGC High Street to ensure that all vaccinees may feel comfortable and safe during vaccination.
15,000 doses of Sputnik V, the COVID-19 vaccines made in Russia, will be distributed to 5 local governments in Metro Manila on Monday, the Department of