The government's pandemic task force has approved the recommendation to increase the annual deployment ceiling of new-hire healthcare workers to 7,000, Malacañang announced. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement after the Philippine...
Ischemic heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in our country, reaching 56.76 thousand cases from January to June 2021, according to preliminary estimates from the Philippine Statistics Authority. The figure accounts for 18.7 percent of total deaths nationwide, far from the 10.2...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is seeking a P181.6 million budget allocation for the establishment of a preliminary treatment and storage facility for COVID-19-related health care waste. In a statement Saturday, DENR said it wants the multi-million budget to be taken...
A group of healthcare workers has called on the public to engage in active transport to help combat the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in time with the celebration of the National Bicycle Day. 08232020_BIKELANE_ROMERO-1024x683 "Active transport and open spaces are key to ending...
The San Juan City local government opened on Monday, Nov. 22, the registration for booster COVID-19 shots to health care workers, senior citizens, and persons with comorbidities. The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Sunday, Nov. 21, that fully vaccinated senior citizens and immunocompromised...
(Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) A total of 2,488 healthcare workers nationwide were able to receive their booster jab, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Nov. 19. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that some of the booster dose recipients experienced mild adverse...
The Makati City local government reminded its medical frontliners on Thursday to get their booster shots against COVID-19 in two vaccination sites. Medical frontliners may proceed to Palanan Elementary School (with 400 slots per day) and Ayala Malls Circuit (with 600 slots per day) for their third...
The Caloocan City government started administering COVID-19 booster shots to healthcare workers in the city on Thursday. Earlier, the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force – National Task Force (IATF-NTF) approved the rollout of booster shots to fully vaccinated...
Fully-vaccinated healthcare workers can start receiving booster shots against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) this week, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday night, Nov. 15. (FILES) In this file photo taken on August 7, 2021 a syringe is filled with a first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine...
The International Finance Corp. (IFC) is investing in a social bond to be issued by Ayala Corp.’s foreign subsidiary that will fund the development of an integrated health ecosystem in the country. The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, said on Thursday, Nov. 11, that it invests $100 million...
The Philipppine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has suspended anew the deployment of Filipino nurses and healthcare workers abroad as the 6,500 cap set for the year has been reached. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Inabot na natin yung deployment cap. Nagkaroon tayo ng (We...
An alliance of health professionals on Saturday, Nov. 6, urged the national government to improve the contact tracing system in the country as Metro Manila eased to Alert Level 2. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The National Capital Region (NCR) was placed under a more relaxed Alert Level 2 on Nov....
