La Union offers P1-M projects to LGUs with 80% vax rate

By Hilda Austria

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The provincial government of La Union is offering P1 million worth of projects, programs, or activities to any local government unit (LGU) in the province that will attain 80 percent and above vaccination rate for the first dose in its locality by December 8 this year.
    In a phone interview on Tuesday, La Union provincial information officer Camille Bumatay said the winner LGUs will also receive PHP50,000 worth of personal protective equipment.
    Bumatay said there will also be 60 individual winners of P,000 worth of family food packs in a raffle for the vaccinated residents.
     “Twenty winners will come from the senior citizens category, 20 from the general public, and 20 from the pediatric population or the 12 to 17 years old age group,” she said.
     Bumatay said these projects and activities aim to ramp up vaccination in the province to attain population protection in La Union.
     “Date of awarding will be announced soon,” she added.
 As of November 24, La Union has already inoculated the 70-percent target population or 409,319 individuals.
     “This is a welcome development as a testament of our coming together and this milestone is a product of our unity and this is what we prepared for with the virus outbreak. This fight is far from over so I call on you to continue the harmonious work and cooperation to recover and bounce back. We have a sufficient supply of vaccine,” Gov. Francisco Emmanuel Ortega III said in a video message posted on Tuesday. – PNA