(PNA file photo) MANILA -Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to coordinate with the officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the implementation of the guidelines set by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) where only vaccinated individuals can attend indoor religious services. "So atin pong ipatutupad sa BARMM areas na 'yung mga magsasamba po sa mga mosque dapat ay bakunado (We are enforcing in the BARMM areas that those attending religious services inside the mosque should be vaccinated),'' Ano said during the Talk to the People briefing on Monday night "Para po protektado [against Covid-19] talaga 'yung mga kapatid nating Muslim na sumasamba sa mosque, mga bakunado lang po 'yung papapasukin (to ensure that our Muslim brothers attending the services inside the mosque are protected, only the vaccinated will be allowed entry),''
(File photo) MANILA - The government will hold special vaccination days in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to address the low vaccination rate in the region, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Thursday. "Mababa pa yung vaccination rate lalo na yung areas ng BARMM, Regions 12 (Soccsksargen), 7 (Central Visayas), medyo mababa pa yung vaccination rate diyan. So talagang sabay ito yung ginagawa natin both monitoring the violations on the election campaign and at the same time sa health protocols (The vaccination rate is still low, especially in the areas of BARMM, Regions 12, 7, the vaccination rate is still relatively low there. So this is really what we are doing both monitoring the violations on the election campaign and at the same time on health protocols)," Ano told reporters during the joint press conference of DILG, Commission on Elections (Comelec), and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Camp Crame. He said