Several children were saved by the Binangonan Municipal Police from a senior citizen suffering from dementia in Barangay Palangoy on Saturday, Nov. 22, Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) Director Col. Feloteo Gonzalgo said. According to the police report, a 67-year-old woman sought police...
The Taguig City government recorded 1,860 cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) from January to Oct. 11. Of the total cases, 923 (49.6 percent) were male while 937 (50.4 percent) were female. Only one of the 1,860 ILI cases received anti-flu vaccine. The youngest who was afflicted with ILI in...
The Quezon City Epidemiology and Surveillance Division (QCESD) recorded a 67 percent increase in influenza-like illness (ILI) with a total of 2,070 cases recorded from January 1 to October 13, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. Health authorities said children aged 14 and below are the...
The Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) advised the public about the influenza-like illness (ILI), which became one of the two main reasons for the suspension of classes on Oct. 13 and 14 in the National Capital Region (NCR). The World Health Organization (WHO) defines ILI as “an acute...
After noticing a steep rise in student and staff absences due to flu-like illnesses, several schools and universities across Metro Manila have issued health advisories, declared short “health breaks,” shifted to remote learning, and reinforced sanitation measures amid a surge in influenza and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 38-year-old woman allegedly strangled her five-year-old daughter to death then killed herself inside their residence here on Wednesday, July 2. Initial investigation said neighbors reported hearing cries of help from the victims’ house. These were left unheeded until a...
BATANGAS CITY – A 19-year-old man drowned on a river while being chased by patrolling barangay tanods or watchmen in Barangay Pallocan West here on Thursday, April 18. Police identified the victim as John Louie Aclan, alias “Sampu-Sampo,” 19, who reportedly was suffering from mental...
OTTAWA, Canada -- Canada on Thursday moved to delay a change to its euthanasia laws that would make mentally ill patients eligible, saying more time was needed to set up safeguards. Canada approved doctor-assisted suicide for the terminally ill in 2016 in response to the top court striking down a...
"Maybe I did something good," was President Duterte's candid remark on his becoming the President of the country, pausing to reflect that he may have "impressed Jesus with a past good deed." President Duterte (Malacañang photo) He also thinks that becoming President at 71 was also God's perfect...
PayMaya pays it forward to the frontlines of the National Center for Mental Health Digital financial services leader PayMaya recently paid it forward to the frontlines of the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH). The company distributed 100 food baskets to the NCMH Crisis Hotline responders and...
PARIS, France (AFP) - As global trade in red and processed meats has increased, so have chronic diseases associated with meat consumption, a study looking at data from 154 countries found on Thursday, Nov. 18. Researchers focused on illness and death rates from three diseases strongly linked to red...
Editorial Initiated by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) in 1992, supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), and observed in over 95 countries, World Mental Health Day is a reminder that our happiness is essential to a healthy economy just as a healthy economy is essential to...
