Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has denied shelving the implementation of the non-mandatory wearing of face masks in open spaces after supposedly acceding to the request of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr.
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Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos said he's willing to make Cebu City a pilot area for the optional use of face masks.
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This was confirmed to congressmen by Abalos during the budget deliberations of the agency before t
DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said on Thursday that Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has agreed in principle to temporarily hold the executive order making the wearing of face masks in the city's open spaces non-obligatory. Abalos said this came following his talk with the local chief executive on Wednesday night, committing to immediately bring up the matter to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF). "In fact, I am going to even further suggest to make Cebu City the pilot implementer of this measure since the city has always been first in espousing non-masking policies outdoors for the ease and benefit of its people amid the pandemic," he added in a statement. Abalos reiterated that the country is still in a state of national health emergency and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has repeatedly called for the public to be vigilant and proactive i
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. has asked Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to defer the implementation of the decision that no longer mandates the wearing of face masks in open spaces.
Abalos issued the statement after learning that Rama