Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, August 24 welcomed the filing of graft charges against former Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao and two other executives of the Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation who were involved in the controversial overpriced Covid-19 supplies. The Office...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will complete its reassessment of the beneficiaries under the Listahan 3 of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) by September with hopes of starting the disbursement of the cash aid thereafter, Secretary Rex Gatchalian said on...
Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian disclosed on Tuesday, Aug. 15, that some 1.4 million Filipino families who consider themselves poor after the pandemic are currently awaiting the results of the agency’s reassessment if they can be included in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino...
CEBU CITY – More than 6,000 doses of bivalent Covid-19 vaccine have already been administered in Central Visayas. Most of the 6,402 doses of bivalent vaccines were given to vulnerable population. Dr. Joan Antonette Albito, Medical Officer III of the Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7),...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH)-6 has expanded the Covid bivalent vaccines to senior citizens and those with comorbidities in Western Visayas region. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/VACCINES_bad6586d4a/VACCINES_bad6586d4a.jfif) THE roll-out for the...
The Mandaluyong City local government started the month of August on a positive note as it announced on Tuesday, August 1, that there was no active Covid-19 case reported in the city three years since the pandemic began. "Zero active case ang naitala sa unang araw ng Agosto 2023 sa Mandaluyong City...
The Department of Health (DOH) "strongly recommends" the continuous wearing of face masks as protection against the newly detected EG.5 omicron subvariant and other infectious diseases, even after the state of the public health emergency has already been lifted. "The Department of Health (DOH)...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,302 new Covid-19 cases from July 24 to 30—a 22 percent decrease from the previous week's tally. In an advisory on Monday, July 31, the health department said that the average daily case count for the last week was 186. Thirty patients are in severe...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 167 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, July 30. The country's total number of infections is now 4,172,920. The number of active cases is down by 112, resulting in 4,427, while the number of recoveries increased by 269, yielding a total of 4,101,900. However, the...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said he is "optimistic" that local medical frontliners would be able to get their Covid-19 emergency allowances soon. This, after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. himself ordered...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded the first 10 cases of Covid-19 omicron subvariant EG.5 on Thursday, July 27. This was based on the genome sequencing results conducted from July 14 to 25. "The EG.5 variant is an XBB.1.9.2 sublineage that was recently added to the list of variants under...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is expecting more enrollees in its National Leaning Camp (NLC) which started this week. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) As of July 23, DepEd data on NLC showed that there are 480,488 Grade 7 enrollees for NLC. There are also 458,853 Grade 8 learners who enrolled...
