Senate Finance Committee chair Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday renewed his call for the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to settle all of its obligations, particularly to private hospitals. Angara noted PhilHealth’s financial obligations to private hospitals have accumulated to...
The Quezon City government has started administering COVID-19 booster shots to its health care workers on Tuesday, Nov.23. A total of 5,000 health care workers and non-medical personnel will be inoculated from Tuesday to Friday (Nov.23-26) in the city's vaccination sites. “Our healthcare workers...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the Philippines’ fresh loan that aims to support the government’s universal health care (UHC) program. In a statement, the Manila-based multilateral institution said it approved a $600 million policy-based loan to the Philippines to provide quality and...
Should she win in the 2022 presidential race, Vice President Leni Robredo is targeting to earmark P216 billion worth of assistance to families badly hit by the pandemic during her first 100 days in office. Presidential aspirant and Vice President Leni Robredo speaks at the 47th Philippine Business...
By Dr. Aldine Basa, Breast Surgeon Consultant Director, The Medical City Breast Center The month of October is marked by all things pink to increase awareness about breast cancer, to show support to breast cancer survivors and generally to celebrate the strength of women through pink power....
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay urged the government on Wednesday to hasten the distribution of the long-awaited allowances and benefits of the country's nurses and health care workers (HCWs). Former Vice President Jejomar Binay "Nurses are leaving their jobs during this...
The Department of Finance (DOF) assured that the implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) law will not be affected by the government’s increasing expenditures for coronavirus treatment. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the Duterte administration has proposed P80 billion for...
Quezon City Representative Alfred Vargas has asked Congress to urge the Department of Health (DOH) and other relevant government agencies to take immediate steps to address the alarming number of nurses and other health care workers leaving the country in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In...
Vice President Leni Robredo has yet to declare her intention to run as president in the 2022 polls, but she has already bared her three-point priority list that includes health care, education, and poverty alleviation. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks at the webinar organized by the Presentation...
The Department of the Interior and Local government (DILG) encouraged restaurants and other business establishments to check on the vaccination cards of their customers for them to avail of their goods and services. In an interview over GMA News, DILG Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya...
President Duterte hoped the government will be able to recruit more health care workers and allied health workers as the country continued to address the increasing number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, saying the pay is actually "good." File photos Duterte made the statement after Vaccine Czar...
Like law enforcement agencies tasked to carry out the government's war on drugs, health care workers should also equipped and taken care of as they battle the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Senator Nancy Binay said. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Binay made the...
