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Senator Joel Villanueva scored the Department of Health (DOH) for its persistent failure to augment the health human resource needed for the country’s COVID-19 response, saying that its emergency hiring program offers terms that are worse than “endo” and unreasonable as the pandemic is anticipated to last until next year. Villanueva, chair of the Senate […]
Senator Dick Gordon is urging the Department of Health (DOH) to map out plans for the mass testing of evacuees who have to be temporarily sheltered at evacuation centers around the country during calamities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Thousands of evacuees in some provinces of Luzon are now camped out […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said in a radio interview over the weekend that government would concretely address issues arising from the pressing problem of hunger and poverty amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “The hunger problem is worldwide. According to the United Nations, 690 million individuals suffer from hunger on a daily basis, and the […]
The construction of the first-ever overseas Filipino workers (OFW) hospital has recently started after being delayed by quarantine measures imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. During the kick-off ceremony, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the provincial government of Pampanga signed the deed of usufruct for the […]
With 16,764 frontline health workers yet to receive their hazard pay and risk allowance worth P108.3 million under the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act (Bayanihan 1), Senator Kiko Pangilinan said that the Senate needs to immediately figure out how to provide funding for the frontliners who continue to risk their life every day. “Bayanihan […]
The biggest “We Heal As One” quarantine facility in the Southern Tagalog Region for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients recently opened in Calamba City, Laguna. Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary and Isolation Czar Mark Villar led the ceremonial blessing and turnover of the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) Regional Government Center, considered as […]
The provincial government of Sarangani plans to put up a drive-through swabbing facility for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rapid antigen screening to expand its testing capacity further.Sarangani Governor Steve Chiongbian Solon said the planned offsite swabbing center will cater to residents who want to be screened or tested for COVID-19 without queuing in hospitals and […]
A lawmaker urged agencies on top of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response to prepare a concrete plan to properly roll out the COVID-19 vaccine, stressing that the government “should be ready to organize and undertake mass vaccination programs once supplies of a vaccine have been obtained.” Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante Jr. on Tuesday […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and local government units (LGUs) to ensure that relief efforts in the aftermath of typhoons address the needs of affected children, including their safety from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has assured the public that the government through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is not slowing down on efforts to fight climate change even in the midst of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.“Climate change is a reality that will continually grip us if we do not take action,” Cimatu […]