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Senator Win Gatchalian urged hospitals to continuously expand their patient capacity for COVID-19 cases that could overload the country’s healthcare system. Gatchalian cited the latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) showing that the number of COVID-19 ward beds in the National Capital Region (NCR), or for those mild cases, asymptomatic, and suspected ones, […]
The Legazpi City Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has developed a coronavirus disease color coding alert system to identify the current COVID-19 risk level of every village. Mayor Noel Rosal, Legazpi IATF head, recently issued an advisory adopting the color-coded, four-tiered risk measurement tool for the 70 barangays. “Each […]
Senator Win Gatchalian lauded the provisions in the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2) that will help schools foster continuity of learning through loans and other subsidies while ensuring job security of teachers and other school personnel amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the ratified bicameral conference committee report on the Bayanihan 2, academic […]
Healthcare workers who have been affected by the deployment ban should be referred to the ongoing emergency hiring effort of the Department of Health, according to the Bayanihan 2 bill that the Senate ratified recently. Senator Joel Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, said the bill also expands the coverage of assistance programs of […]
The Agriculture Students Association of the Philippines (ASAP), a confederation of agriculture students from 11 colleges and universities all over the country recognizing the urgency of promoting agriculture among the younger generation, was launched recently. At the online launch, Senator Kiko Pangilinan, who is a vegetable farmer and an advocate of farmers’ and fisher folk’s […]
Senator Manny Pacquiao was elected as the Chairman of the Philippine Army Multi-Sector Advisory Governance Committee during a committee meeting recently. Moments after the election, Pacquiao gave a brief message to the committee communicating his warm gratitude and his pledge to be of service to the Army troops and to the Filipino people. Part of the […]
Some 10,000 individuals in five local government units in Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City, three neighboring cities, and one municipality, will be tested for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from August 28 to 31. Dubbed the “Time-Out Weekend,” the four-day strategic plan was announced by provincial and city officials led by Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, Bacolod […]
A two-year drought in deployment of Filipino seafarers looms large on the horizon unless the government makes drastic interventions such as the reopening of more airports and seaports to expedite the movement of Filipino seafarers while minimizing their risk of being infected of COVID-19, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. When the Senate labor committee resumes […]
Support for the health sector, as it continues to address the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, accounts for the biggest share of the pie in the soon to be enacted Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2. Senate Committee on Finance chairman Sonny Angara explained that Bayanihan 2 was crafted primarily […]
While the Department of Education (DepEd) has allowed the use of 17,910 classrooms in the National Capital Region (NCR) as isolation and quarantine facilities, Senator Win Gatchalian said that a permanent evacuation center in every city and municipality should be part of the country’s efforts to ‘build back better’ from the COVID-19 pandemic. Though Republic […]