Another senator has pushed to grill the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) after state auditors found that the agency used only one percent of its allocation for its service contracting program. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines) Senator Francis...
Malacañang said at least P240 billion would be required to fund the government's coronavirus response efforts in 2022. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a mall on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (ALI...
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...
Hospitals' associations on Tuesday, August 17, complained of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) supposed "arbitrary denial" of over P13.8 billion in benefits claims. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) At the hearing of the House Committee on Health, Philippine...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said on Tuesday, August 17, that it will reconsider its circular which removed the benefit package for probable COVID-19 cases. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (MANILA BULLETIN) During a hearing of the House of Representatives'...
House Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda has expressed disappointment over the initial findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) on the Department of Health's (DOH) handling of the COVID-19 response funds. Antique representatiive and House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda (Courtesy of Rep....
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri prodded on Tuesday, August 17, the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 to expedite the approval of the national government's agreements with local government units and private companies seeking to purchase vaccines. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel...
Secretary Francisco Duque III is still not "off the hook" from the reported audit deficiencies of the Department of Health (DOH), even as the state auditors said that they have yet to find that COVID-19 funds were lost to corruption, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Monday, August 16....
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will be delving next week into the complaints on the Department of Health's (DOH) delayed release of allowances and other benefits for health workers. Senator Richard Gordon (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Senator Richard Gordon in a radio interview Saturday, August...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III's refusal to step down from his post despite repeated calls only shows his loyalty to President Duterte, and not to the Filipinos, opposition Senator Leila de Lima said on Saturday, August 14. President Duterte confers with Health Secretary Francisco Duque III...
Former senator and Sorsogon Governor Francis "Chiz" Escudero has maintained that the Department of Health (DOH) may still have committed a crime if proven to have failed in properly disbursing its P67.32-billion COVID-19 funds. Former senator and Sorsogon Governor Francis 'Chiz' Escudero (MANILA...
The Commission on Audit's (COA) observations on the Department of Health's (DOH) disbursement of COVID-19 funds should prompt the "right people" to act, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Friday, August 13. Senate President Vicente Sotto III delivers a speech in the opening of the third...
