MANILA, Philippines — Short of heeding President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive for Cebu to follow the rules set by the government’s pandemic task force, Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said she would request the provincial board to revisit an ordinance on the province’s airport testing protocols for returning Filipinos.
During the Senate Committee of the Whole hearing Tuesday, Garcia said she cannot “unilaterally set aside” the implementation of the ordinance passed by Cebu’s provincial board since it is considered “the local law of the land.”
“Out of deep respect for the President, I shall be asking our provincial board members to revisit the ordinance…As we all know, a provincial ord…
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