Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday, Sept. 12 vowed to ensure that more money would be allocated to fund the needs of healthcare workers who are struggling to provide medical services amid the COVID-19 pandemic by making sure there are programmed funds for them. Drilon noted that the...
If the government will ease quarantine restrictions for vaccinated people, it should also permit individuals who have recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to do more non-essential activities since they have "natural immunity." Dr. Ted Herbosa, special adviser of National Task Force...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) urged the Department of Health (DOH) to hasten its review of its policies for the possible expansion of the Special Risk Allowance (SRA) coverage to include all health workers who served in hospitals and other health facilities during the coronavirus disease...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday vowed to pursue the realignment of the proposed budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) which she sees as potential source of funds for the country’s Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), cancer treatment...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released additional funds to provide the delayed special risk allowance (SRA) for medical frontliners battling the pandemic. COVID-19 vaccine In a statement, the budget department announced late Friday, Sept. 3, that an additional P888.12 million in...
Malacañang assured health care workers that their other benefits mandated by law will be given to them but noted that the issue with their special risk allowance (SRA) was already a case closed. Health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPEs) from different public and private hospitals...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban deployed special forces at the Kabul airport on Tuesday hours after the last batch of US troops left Afghanistan. Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2021 shows the Kabul airport in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. (Xinhua The final evacuation flight of the US was conducted on...
Health workers deserve a raise in their special risk allowances (SRA) and hazard pay in the 2022 national budget, Senator Joel Villanueva said. (Jansen Romero / File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Villanueva, chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, said...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, August 29, said there is “no excuse” for government delay in releasing health workers’ special risk allowance (SRA), among other benefits, for battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) “Ngayon, walang excuse kung bakit...
(Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The Department of Health (DOH) said that it is currently seeking additional funds from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for the provision of special risk allowance (SRA) to at least 17,000 more healthcare workers. DOH Undersecretary Maria...
(FLICKR / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is currently working to provide special risk allowance (SRA) to more healthcare workers. The DOH said that the P311 million released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Wednesday, Aug. 25, will be given to...
The Manila city government will set up special community vaccination sites on Thursday (Aug. 26) in some barangays to make vaccine deployment easier and more accessible to residents. (Ali vicoy / File photo /MANILA BULLETIN) "Pupunta po tayo sa mga barangay na medyo mababa pa po 'yung vaccination...