Marikina seals deal with Angel's Burger for vaccine procurement

Photo of Marikina vaccine rollout with Mayor Marcy Teodoro courtesy of the Philippine News Agency

PASIG CITY, June 1 (PIA) -- Marikina City Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro has forged an agreement with Angel’s Burger president Carlo Angelo Mojica in a bid to vaccinate workers in the city to revive the local economy, during a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signing ceremony at the Marikina Sports Park.

Under the MOA, the Angel’s Burger Foundation will procure the COVID-19 vaccines and the local government will store them in the city’s cold storage facility.

The city will also be the one administering the vaccines to workers through their vaccination teams.

“Hindi ito katulad ng sa ibang LGUs (local government units) na contractual ang relationship. Ito ay sa pamamagitan ng isang partnership or engagement kung saan tutulong ang private sectors sa pagbibigay ng bakuna,” Mayor Marcy said.

“At isa pang malaking maitutulong ng private sector kagaya ng sa Angel’s Burger na sila ang mag-a-identify ng mga manggagawa nila na nais magpabakuna, at ang mga ayaw magpabakuna ay sila na rin ang gumagawa ng pagkumbinse at ibayong pagpapaliwanag sa kahalagahan ng bakuna," Teodoro added.

For his part, the president of Angel’s Burger pledged P1 million worth of vaccines to the local government.

“Sa ngayon ang aming naipangako kay mayor ay at least P1 million worth of COVID-19 vaccines ng Angel’s Burger sa Marikina government. Para po iyan sa mga residente ng Marikina,” Mojica said.

“Kawawa naman po iyong mga manggagawa kung everytime na may mag-positive lahat sila ay madadamay. Two weeks of salary po ang nawawala sa kanila," he added.

Teodoro, meanwhile, emphasized the need of immediately vaccinating economic frontliners so that the economy could quickly recover from the economic impacts brought by the pandemic.

“Mahalaga na agarang mabakunahan ang mga manggagawa o ang mga kabilang sa A4 category. They should be immunized for their welfare and for the sake of our economy,” he said.

Aside from workers, Teodoro said that people who lost their jobs amid the pandemic should also be inoculated immediately in order for them to quickly land a job for their families.

Also present during the event were representatives of Lamp Quarters, Pan de Amerikana, Hapag Kainan, and St. Scholastica signified their support to the city government of Marikina.

To recall, the burger brand, famous in Metro Manila, started its business roots in Marikina City. (PIA NCR)

Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)