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(Eagle News)–Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Magalong, also the country’s contact tracing czar, said this was based on the results of the RT-PCR test he took on April 2. He said contact tracing is underway. “The seriousness of this pandemic is something that we should not take for granted. It is a difficult situation and I don’t want anyone of you to be in this condition as it […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Feb. 2, said President Rodrigo Duterte “surely” wants Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong to stay on as the country’s contact tracing czar. “I have heard with my own two ears nothing but words of praises for Mayor Magalong from the President,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. He made the comment after Magalong tendered his resignation from the post after he admitted lapses in a party to boost tourism in Baguio […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, July 13, named the four “czars” who will directly oversee several aspects of the Philippines’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an online briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar will be the “chief isolation czar.” Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong was named the “contact tracing czar,” or the person in charge of the country’s contact tracing efforts. The Baguio government has […]
