A total of 5,316 persons temporarily sought shelter in evacuation centers across Zambales province on Sunday night, as Super
Governor Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. clarified over the weekend that the reported “lapses and deficiencies” in the use by the provincial government of some P531 million for COVID-19 related programs and projects had already been resolved with the Commission on Audit (COA).
The local tourism industry in Zambales is making a huge comeback in the waning COVID-19 pandemic era with record arrivals in the first half of the year reaching a total of 520,291 and surpassing first semester records in the last three years.
Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. on Friday urged Zambales residents to strictly observe health safety protocols and get vaccinated in face of the continuing transmission of COVID-19 in the province.
Residents of Botolan, Zambales are now buying rice at less than P20 per kilo under a rice subsidy program initiated by the local government unit.
