30071 On the same day that the President of the Philippines hailed them for their exemplary service to the people during the pandemic, health workers walked out of their jobs on August 30, National Heroes Day, to protest against the non-payment of their benefits. The president of the National...
Members of the Philippine National Police man a checkpoint in a barangay in Sampaloc, Manila after it was placed under lockdown on March 17, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) The National Capital Region (NCR) might record up to 40,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases daily by the end of...
Malacañang is not keen on the idea of imposing a three-week hard lockdown on coronavirus (COVID-19) hotspots, reiterating that the government was balancing protecting the health of the public and allowing people to go to work. Members of the Philippine National Police man a checkpoint in a...
DOH/MB The country logged 16,621 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Thursday, Sept. 2, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The newly detected cases pushed the country’s total to 2,020,484, wherein, 7.3 percent or 146,510 are still active. Ninety-six percent of the active cases have mild...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The spread of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) has slowed down, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “Evident yung pagbagal ng pagdami ng kaso. From a very steep increase ay medyo lumilihis, medyo...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) has set a price cap for the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Based on Department Circular No. 2021-0374, it stated that the new price cap will be effective on Sept. 6, 2021. “Pursuant to the...
The Manila city government vaccine deployment reached the two million mark on Wednesday (Sept. 1). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The city government through the Manila Health Department (MHD) has administered a total of 2,009,171 COVID-19 vaccines since the vaccination...
The Manila Health Department (MHD) stopped the COVID-19 vaccination in all sites after technical problems were reported in the city government's online vaccination system on Wednesday (Sept. 1). "All vaccination sites (for both first dose and second dose) were declared closed beginning 4:00 p.m. on...
Amid the continuing global health crisis, Australia is launching two business partnerships in the Philippines to provide women with skills and opportunities, as well as psychological services to Filipinos with mental illness. The Australian Embassy in Manila said the two new business partnerships...
Malacañang assured health care workers that their other benefits mandated by law will be given to them but noted that the issue with their special risk allowance (SRA) was already a case closed. Health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPEs) from different public and private hospitals...
Malacañang reiterated that there is no corruption involved in how the government manages the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, saying the Senate has proven nothing yet. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement...
"Enough is enough." Healthcare workers staged a protest action outside the Department of Health (DOH) Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, Sept. 1, to press them to release their long delayed benefits. Clad in their personal protective equipment while holding placards and empty cans, healthcare...
