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PRRD PREFERS GOV’T-TOGOV’T DEAL FOR COVID-19 VACCINE PURCHASE resident Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he would prefer a government-togovernment agreement for the purchase of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, saying it would prevent the risk of corruption. In a pre-recorded speech, Duterte asked
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By Azer Parrocha Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to ensure that the country’s negotiating team would ensure a government-togovernment transaction. “Maganda sana (It’s good if it’s a) governmentto-government ang transaction. Walang corruption, wala
lahat kasi (there’s no corruption because it’s) government-togovernment. I’m offering it to China kasi mayroon na sila (because they already have it),” he said. “To the Chinese government and to the people who are really parlaying the vaccine,
