'Free land on basis of YouTube video': Nayong Pilipino ex-chief says follow the law on mega jab …

Courtesy of Nayong Pilipino website MANILA – The Nayong Pilipino Foundation is not opposed to building a mega COVID-19 vaccination facility on the park’s property, its former executive director said Tuesday, but noted several concerns about the proposal. The ICTSI Foundation, which is the corporate social responsibility arm of billionaire Enrique Razon Jr’s global port operating firm, earlier offered to build the vaccination facility at no cost. Atty. Lucille Karen Malilong-Isberto, who resigned last week following the issue, said the state-run park operator required strict compliance with all laws before constructing such facility on reclaimed government land. “Actually, we gave our approval for the use of the land as a vaccination facility on April 8. What we ask is that we follow all the legal processes for use of the land under an emergency,” she told ANC. Malilong-Isberto noted that the law requires “that the use of public land should be public, which means it should be a government agency running it.” “In this case, we were waiting for DOH (Department of Health). It would be illegal for Nayong Pilipino to give the land for free use to ICTSI Foundation on the basis of a mere letter and a YouTube…
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