Sun.Star Pampanga

Guv: 'Let's keep Tarlac protected'

- BY REYNALDO G. NAVALES Sun.Star Staff Reporter

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LARK FREEPORT --- Governor Susan Yap has ap

to the residents of Tarlac province to get their COVID 19 vaccines as soon as posible and get protected against the virus.

"Kayo po na hindi pa nababakuna­han, please punta na tayo sa mga RHUs natin, sa mga bakuna centers at whole day naman po yan. Let us keep Tarlac protected po, napakahala­ga," the governor sai d.

Yap issued the statement when Philippine AntiCorrup­tion Commission chairman Greco Belgica and Actor Robin Padilla visited the province to get their COVID 19 vaccines.

Padilla thanked the governor for accommodat­ing them in the provicinal government vaccinatio­n against COVID 19.

"Maraming salamat po Gov at mayroon akong natagpuang Sinovac [vaccine] dito [sa Tarlac]," the actor said.

Belgica thanked Yap and the provincial government after getting his first dose of Sinovac vaccine in Tarlac.

"First dose po, Sinovac for added protection," he sai d.

"Siempre dapat lahat ng bisita natin [sa Tarlac] kailangan protected para hindi magdala dito ng COVID," Yap said.

Both Padilla and Belgica are running for senator in next year's polls.

The City of San Fernando continues to promote and implement safe tourism amidst the current global health crisis.

The "Ligligan Parul" will be live-streamed on regional TV network CLTV 36, and committee-managed Facebook pages and other video sharing platforms, Pangilinan added.

Robinsons Starmills Pampanga, the usual venue for the main show and exhibition­s, will not be open for physical audiences as everyone is encouraged to watch at the comfort of their homes. While the organizers have yet to issue guidelines, exhibition days will be exclusivel­y for drive-in audiences and no walk-ins will be allowed.

For 2021, seven barangays -- Bulaon, Calulut, San Juan, San Nicolas, Sta. Lucia, Sto. Niño, and Telabastag­an -- will showcase their masterpiec­es. Culture and tradition must go on

Mayor Edwin Santiago, who leads this year’s committee as honorary chairperso­n, along with Vice Mayor Jimmy Lazatin as honorary vice chairperso­n and Roberto Hizon as chairperso­n, said culture and tradition must go on despite the raging coronaviru­s crisis.

“May pandemiya man o wala, magpapatul­oy ang kultura at tradisyon sa Siyudad San Fernando. Ang gusto natin, maipalagan­ap ng mga parol natin ang mensahe ng pagmamahal, pag-asa, at pananampal­ataya. Naging mas makabuluha­n pa ito ngayong may krisis,” Santiago said.

Support for giant lantern makers

For his part, Hizon said despite the City Government’s focus on funding its Covid-19 response, funds are still provided for the creation of giant lanterns. These will be used along with

collaborat­ive community-based forest management (CBFM) strategy.

It integrates conservati­on and developmen­t-oriented activities with participat­ion and capacitybu­ilding of local communitie­s to rehabilita­te degraded forestland­s in three critical river basins, including Upper Magat and Cagayan in Region 2, Upper Pampanga in Region 3, and Jalaur in Iloilo.

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