PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has granted the request of Filipino seafarers to get inoculated with the western brand vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

In his pre-recorded speech aired over state-run PTV-4 on Monday night, Duterte said he did not see anything wrong in allowing seafarers to choose their preferred vaccine as a violation of the 1987 Constitution.

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