MANILA, Philippines — “A big lie.”
This was howIloilo Representative Janette Garin described the allegations of vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr.that she asked for her own allocation of the COVID-19 vaccines for her province.
Galvez made the disclosure amid claims of favoring certain local government units in the distribution of vaccines. Garin, a former secretary of Health, earlier called out Galvez over supposed “palakasan” in the allocation of COVID-19 shots.
“Ang sabi niya gusto ko daw na sa akin ibigay ang mga bakuna. This is not true at malaki po ‘yang kasinungalingan. What I am asking for is equitable and fair distribution of vaccines,” Garin said in a press…
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