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Private vax sites boost vaccination program in Davao City

DAVAO CITY- People are making their way to fourth floor of Gaisano Mall, one of the popular malls here in Davao City. The people going up are not your regular mallgoers, the fourth floor is the access way to the mall’s The Peak area which in its heyday during pre-pandemic time hosted restaurants and coffee shops.   The pandemic forced many shops to close, the mall management decided to convert these vacant spaces into a vaccination site. The vaccination site at The Peak is organized by the Stella Maris Academy of Davao Alumni Association (SMADAA) and was intended for vaccinees belonging to the A4 sector. The organizers had named the vaccination project as One Good Jab. “It was a brainchild of a Marisian and a Gaisano Mall executive. They wanted vaccines to be available to Dabawenyos, that it would be very accessible and as much as possible it would not be overcrowded,” says Ana Caguiat, the vaccination executive manager and a member of the SMADAA Vaccination Program Execut...

Mayor Sara cites Gatchalian family for Bakuna by the Sea

D AVAO CITY- Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio personally thanked visiting Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, representing the Gatchalian family for sponsoring the Bakuna by the Sea Vaccination Site situated inside the family-owned  Watefront Insular Hotel Davao. Senator Gatchalian and Mayor Duterte-Carpio on Friday (Sept. 17) toured the vaccination site dubbed as the most beautiful vaccination site in the country as it is located inside a picturesque seaside garden. Bakuna by the Sea which started as a vaccination hub in June this year, has inoculated over 14,000 tourism industry workers in Davao City and the adjacent provinces. It was realized thru the partnership of the City Government of Davao, Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao and the tourism industry stakeholders led by the Davao Tourism Association (DATA). “I wanted to personally thank the Gatchalian family thru Senator Sherwin sa malaking tulong nila sa Davao City kasi yung ginawa nilang Bakuna by the Sea hindi basta basta yun, th...