PH seafarers to get Western vaccines

By Catherine S. Valente

Jun 02, 2021 12:27 am

President Rodrigo Duterte has granted the request of Filipino seafarers to get inoculated with Western-made vaccines against Covid-19.

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

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