The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that three emergency medical assistance teams in the Philippines have been certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) for international disaster and humanitarian deployment. (DOH / Facebook page) The DOH announced that on Sept. 20, the WHO...
Providing an "adequate" budget for the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) translates to better efforts in safeguarding the rights of workers and all Filipinos. This was the statement of the CHR as it expressed gratitude to the National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (NTIPC) for adopting...
There will be another round of significant financial reprieve on the pockets of consumers next week as hefty price rollback will continue its streak at the gasoline stations next week, based on the calculation of the oil companies. As reckoned on the three-day outcome of trading in the regional...
A significant weight will be lifted off from consumers’ pockets this week, as the price of gasoline products will be on hefty reduction of P1.55 per liter; while diesel prices will also go down by P1.30 per liter. Kerosene, which is another commodity that is not just essential to household...
Senator Loren Legarda has called for a more "humane" living wage for all Filipino workers, as she stressed the disparity between minimum wage and the actual cost of living. Sen. Loren Legarda presides over Thursday’s Finance Subcommittee G hearing, September 5, 2024, on the proposed 2025 budget...
Consumers will catch bigger financial break in their drive to the gas stations next week, as price rollbacks have gone heftier at end-week trading on Friday (September 6), prompting estimated price cuts for gasoline at the scale of P1.45 to P1.85 per liter. Diesel prices are also anticipated to...
Motorists are in for a new round of financial relief next week as the oil companies have estimated significant rollback in oil prices that will be reflected at the domestic pumps next week. Based on the initial calculation of the industry players, the price of gasoline products will be down by...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its gratitude to the Leaders Forum, a bipartite body of labor and employer groups, for its support to the increase of the commission's budget. The Leaders Forum is composed of organizations such as the Employers Confederation of the Philippines,...
Wildly gyrating oil prices will find their way back to increases at the pumps next week, based on the preliminary estimates of the oil companies. As crunched by the industry players, the price of gasoline products will likely rise by P0.45 to P0.85 per liter; while diesel prices will incur moderate...
Consumers will feel anew the painful pinch of higher prices at the pumps this week as gasoline prices will rise by P1.00 per liter; and diesel prices will also climb by P1.20 per liter. Additionally, the price of kerosene products - that has direct effect on aviation fuel as well as other major...
Monkeypox, now known as mpox, has been declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the second time. Image from Unsplash The viral disease, which has been spreading in African countries, was first declared a PHEIC in 2022. Two years...
This photo supplied by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) dated May 31, 2023, shows health workers educating children on the symptoms of the mpox disease in Goma, Congo. (Augustin Mudiayi/Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières via AP) LONDON/PESHAWAR (AP) — Swedish health officials...
