MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte surely wants Baguio City mayor Benjamin Magalong to stay as the country’s contact tracing czar, Malacaang said Tuesday.
“I have heard with my own two ears nothing but words of praises for mayor Magalong from the President,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said.
“So of course, I am sure, 100 percent sure, that the President would want mayor Magalong to stay on as tracing czar,” he added.
Magalongtendered his irrevocable resignation from his post as tracing czar, but admitted he cannotrefuse if the President asks him to stay in his post.
National Task Force against Covid-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. urged Magalo…
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