GENERAL TRIAS CITY, Cavite—The local government unit here has vowed to include jeepney and tricycle drivers in its free Covid-19 vaccination program.
“The city government plans to buy the vaccine kung hindi kayo i-consider as frontliners. We, the local government unit will provide to around 4,000 members of jeepney and tricycle drivers for them to continue transporting passengers.” Mayor Antonio Ferrer assured during a meeting with 30 leaders of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association and Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association of the locality held at Jollibee GenTri Bayan function room at Barangay Bagumbayan on Monday, December 28, 2020.
“Para makalabas agad, para makapasada agad, hindi po kayo kayang sustentuhan ng pamahalaang lokal. Ang priority po natin ay kumita ang bawat isa para mabuhay at para umusad ang ekonomiya,” Ferrer added.
Ferrer stressed that those 15 years old below and 65 years old and above should not be allowed to board public- utility vehicles to prevent the spread of the virus in the city and that passengers must be required to wear face masks and shields upon boarding.
Rep. Luis Ferrer IV of the Lone District of General Trias said he is ready to cooperate in opening new access roads or streets to ease of traffic flow in the area and install decent jeepney and tricycle terminals in the city.
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Cavite provincial director Lionel Dalope, was also guest in the said meeting and presented some explanations of the Covid situation in the country.
“Based on the study, there is new variant of Covid-19. ’Wag po tayo pakampante or relaxed sa panahon ngayon. Ugaliin po natin sumunod sa guidelines, hindi po solusyon ang puro reklamo,” Dalope said.
“Huwag po natin abusuhin ang luwag ng quarantine, as President Rodrigo Roa Duterte announced that Cavite will remain under modified general community quarantine [MGCQ] mode until January 31, 2020,” he added.
The DILG also bestowed to Gen. Trias City the Best LGU Award “in the conduct of contact tracing in the province as proof of diligence in work and commendable performance in the protection of the citizenry to prevent the spread of coronavirus and exemplary action to control the transmission of the virus, provide financial and material support to his local folks, a performance worthy of emulation and enviable adherence to the high standard of public service.”
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