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(PNA photo by Gil Calinga) MANILA - Vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is offered at more than 3,000 healthcare facilities nationwide. In a media briefing Tuesday, Department of Health officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that local government units have decided to integrate Covid-19 vaccination in their primary healthcare services when the national government started ramping up of booster shots administration. "Currently, we have 3,697 primary care facilities which are offering already Covid-19 vaccines and are part of our regular schedules," she said. Vergeire cited the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao as the "best example" for such integration which started in one of its health centers in third quarter last year. "I think around third quarter of 2022, when the Quezon City government declared that they are integrating and making Covid-19 vaccination closer to the communities, that's why Mayor Joy [Belmonte] ....
LEGAZPI CITY - The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Bicol (LTFRB-5) on Monday said over 3,000 public utility jeepney (PUJ) operators in the region can now receive PHP6,500 worth of fuel subsidy from the government. In an interview, lawyer Raymund Paolo Calleja, LTFRB-5 administrative assistant, said the funds are being distributed through a cash card provided by the Land Bank of the Philippines. "As of today, we have 3,181 jeepney operators that can now avail of their Pantawid Pasada Program (PPP) cash cards," Calleja said. He reminded the beneficiaries that the cash card they received may only be used to purchase fuel. "Beneficiaries were also reminded to be vigilant in reading the deed of the undertaking they signed since some beneficiaries withdraw the money and used it for some other expenses, which is not allowed. The bank can trace the transactions they made, and it can be a ground to remove them as the beneficiary for other programs of our a ....