MANILA, Philippines — Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. on Thursday admitted that he once held a raffle to encourage more constituents to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
He said giving incentives such as this has helped convince his constituents to get COVID-19 shots.
“Ine-encourage talaga namin, alam ninyo minsan nagpa-raffle ako para magpabakuna lang eh,” he bared in an interview on ABS-CBN’s TeleRadyo.
(We are really encouraging them. I even held a raffle just to convince them to get vaccinated.)
“Nakatulong. Basta may raffle, masaya sila. Pero may right to choose pa rin sila ng bakuna,” he added.
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