"Enough is enough." Healthcare workers staged a protest action outside the Department of Health (DOH) Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, Sept. 1, to press them to release their long delayed benefits. Clad in their personal protective equipment while holding placards and empty cans, healthcare...
The government of Brunei is again seeking an exemption from the Philippines' existing deployment cap on healthcare workers due to the current demand of medical frontliners there amid the pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) on Tuesday, Aug. 31, said it has not received any reports of healthcare workers quitting so far. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "Sa amin pong hanay wala po kaming ganyan na umaalis. Kasi kami lang po talaga ang pwedeng asahan ng mga tao, walang titingin sa...
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...
Health workers from the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) marked National Heroes' Day by staging a protest over the Department of Health's (DOH) failure to provide overdue benefits to medical frontliners. (Photo from AHW) In his National Heroes' Day message, President Duterte called...
Often refered to as "modern-day heroes," healthworkers in major hospitals in Metro Manila held simultaneous protests on National Heroes Day on Monday, Aug. 30, to demand from the government the resignation of Department of Health (DOH) Sec. Francisco Duque III and the immediate release of their...
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...
The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) on Sunday, Aug. 29 said that healthcare workers are feeling maltreated following the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) debts to hospitals. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) "Sana tratuhin kami ng tama ng PhilHealth kasi medyo masama na po ang...
MARIA ROSARIO VERGEIRE The Department of Health has appealed to the healthcare workers not to push through with their plan of staging protest actions on Sept. 1. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that such a plan will affect the operations of the different hospitals. “Kami ay...
Despite being mum about her political plans next year, hundreds of Vice President Leni Robredo’s supporters from the health sector and business process outsourcing (BPO) industry are urging her to run for president in the 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo (FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III emphasized the importance of investing in the country's healthcare industry, adding that this is one of the major realizations brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has rolled out its vaccination program in Siargao Island where over 13,000 tourism workers are targeted to be inoculated in a bid to sustain the recovery of the pandemic-hit industry there. A tourism worker in Siargao, dubbed as the surfing capital of the...
