Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, August 12, asked the Senate to investigate the reported deficiencies of the Department of Health (DOH) in spending its allocations for COVID-19 response. Senator Grace Poe (Senate PRIB) Following the release of the Commission on Audit's (COA) report, Poe filed a...
Progressive lawmakers have assailed anew Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque after the reported deficiencies of his department in spending some P67.32 billion in COVID-19 response funds. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (PCOO) Bayan Muna Party List Representative Carlos Zarate...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, August 12 said she is not surprised at the Commission on Audit’s (COA) findings of deficiencies in the Department of Health’s (DOH) handling of some P67.32-billion worth of COVID-19 funds, saying there has always been strong indications of neglect and...
For some senators, the latest report of the Commission on Audit (COA) on the Department of Health's (DOH) supposed deficiencies in handling some ₱67.3-billion COVID-19 response funds bolsters their observations on how well the agency is managing the pandemic. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of...
President Duterte is supporting moves to accelerate the improvement of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) and this has been discussed numerous times during the meetings of the Task Force against COVID-19, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. said on Wednesday, August 4. Galvez made the remark...
Another one million doses of China-made Sinovac vaccines arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) The life-saving jabs were flown in by Cebu Pacific flight 5J 723 at 7:35 a.m. Friday, July 30. Department of Health (DOH) Secretary...
Another batch of delegates from Israel arrived in the country Monday, July 26, to share their experiences and best practices on their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Response Operations, especially on clinical management. DOH/MB In a statement, the Department of Health (DOH) said the Israeli...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III believes the Philippines situation is much better compared to other ASEAN countries experiencing a surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) due to the Delta variant. DOH/MB "Kumpara sa ibang bansa sa ASEAN na nakakaranas malubhang pagtaas sa kaso dahil sa Delta...
The Department of Health (DOH) has noted a decrease in the case fatality rate in Metro Manila. DOH/MB In a meeting with President Duterte on Monday, July 12, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III revealed that the case fatality rate fell to 26 percent from 5.78 to 4.6 percent. He said nationwide,...
President Duterte has completed his two-dose vaccination regimen Monday, July 12 against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Rodrigo Duterte gets second dose of coronavirus vaccine at the Palace on July 12, 2021. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III administers the vaccine to the...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, July 12, reported that 96 percent of the country's frontline healthcare workers (A1 priority group) have already received their first dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. DOH/MB "We are happy to announce that based on the masterlisted...
The government is inclined to keep enforcing stricter border control measures to stem the spread of more contagious coronavirus variants in the country. MORANDANTE_07062021-3 President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases...
