'We're apolitical': DOH disavows logo shirts spotted at Marcos campaign rally

A rickshaw driver passes campaign posters in front of Baseco Elementary School in Manila on May 13, 2019.

AFP / Noel Celis

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health urged the public to refrain from using items bearing the agency’s logo at political events where their use may be seen as an endorsement by the department. 

The DOH made the statement Thursday after Sherwin de Vera, who writes for Rappler under the Aries Rufo Journalism Fellowship, posted photos of individuals wearing DOH shirts at a campaign rally of presidential bet Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. in Bantay, Ilocos Sur.

According to the DOH, the people in the photos are "health workers employed or directly engaged by local government unit" and not employees of the department. The agency also said it has no authority over health workers employed by LGUs.

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