The health workers of Tondo Medical Center (TMC) held a snake rally and noise barrage inside the hospital premises to air their disappointment at the Department of Health (DOH) and the government over lack of concern and gross negligence for the well-being of healthcare personnel. (Photo from AHW)...
(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...
Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) is urging the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to act on and investigate cases of workers' rights violations which they said have intensified in the country amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo from Unsplash) KMU secretary...
Like law enforcement agencies tasked to carry out the government's war on drugs, health care workers should also equipped and taken care of as they battle the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Senator Nancy Binay said. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Binay made the...
St. Luke’s Medical Center (Photo from SLMC) The St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC) clarified on Friday, Aug. 27, that the number of resignations among its healthcare workers “is not at alarming levels.” The SLMC issued the clarification after one of its official said in an interview that the...
(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...
More workers in economically-active industries will be protected against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after the government's pandemic task force approved the request of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for additional vaccines for them. A Manila resident receives a coronavirus vaccine...
Health workers from Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC) on Wednesday, Aug. 25, held a noise barrage in front of their hospital lobby to call for the release of their withheld coronavirus disease (COVID-19) benefits. (Photo from AHW) JRRMMC Employees Union-Alliance of Health Workers...
Concerned that his agency will again be called out by the Commission on Audit (COA), Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Wednesday, August 25, insisted the need for a law that would authorize the grant of special risk allowances (SRA) to health care workers who are not catering to COVID-19...
To boost the safe recovery of the domestic tourism industry, some private firms have stepped up in helping the Department of Tourism's (DOT) vaccination drive for workers in the sector through providing doses of anti-COVID jabs for them. Tourism frontliners and workers in El Nido, Palawan during...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) vowed that it will comply with President Duterte's order to give the special risk allowance (SRA) to eligible healthcare workers within 10 days. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said they are currently coordinating...
Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the coronavirus outbreak in this August 2021 file photo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) An official of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that at least one million Filipinos have returned to...
