President Duterte has assured medical frontliners that the government will do its best to protect and incentivize them for their hard work and sacrifice amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. President Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the statement after several groups of medical...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that private hospitals are responsible for the release of special risk allowance (SRA) and other benefits for health workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) The Department of Health (DOH) chief was...
Shouldn't Health Secretary Francisco Duque III be suspended, at least, over the reported deficiencies of his agency in spending COVID-19 funds? Secretary Francisco Duque III Senator Grace Poe posed this question as the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee opened its inquiry on the Department of Health's...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, August 18, appealed to authorities heed the call of health workers for the issuance of their special risk allowances (SRA) and other benefits to prevent their reported plan to mass resign. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) "Our medical frontliners are...
The government is appealing to the latest batch of nursing graduates to serve at the frontlines in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque admitted that the country was in need of more health...
The country's health frontliners will be receiving their benefits as soon as possible. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte has ordered Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to prioritize the release of benefits due to the country's health workers if there is enough...
Health workers on Monday, Aug. 16, urged the government to implement strict health measures to ensure the safety of Filipinos, instead of blaming the public for the rising coronavirus cases. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual forum, Jao Clumia, head of the St. Lukes Medical Center Employees...
The reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila was "barely felt" by "exhausted" health workers overwhelmed by the surge in cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) needing hospital care. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Nurse Cristy Donguines, president of the Alliance of...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Thursday, August 12, expressed anew his dismay over the delay in the release of special allowance and other benefits due for health workers. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) "Dismayado po tayo sa kinahinatnan ng pondong inilaan ng ating gobyerno para sa mga...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, August 3, told the officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) not to wait for the Senate to investigate them over the delay in the reimbursements and release of the benefits for hospitals and...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Wednesday, July 28, an all-out operation against the communist rebels who ambushed a convoy of policemen and health workers in Samar who were supposed to get coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for the...
Filipino health workers on Monday, July 26, gave President Rodrigo Duterte's pandemic response a "failing" mark. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, the Alliance Health Workers (AHW) lamented Duterte's "gross neglect" in ensuring the safety, protection, and welfare of the public against...
