Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, Oct. 5, chided an official of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation for supposedly fooling the government in declaring that it paid over a million in employee benefits when government records showed otherwise. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of the Philippines) At...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Oct. 4, said that funds amounting to P15.3 billion has been disbursed for the benefits of healthcare workers amid the ongoing pandemic. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “Sa kabuuan, tayo ay nakapamahagi na ng P15.3 billion para sa benepisyo ng mga...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), along with other key government agencies, issued a Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) containing guidelines on the processing of the benefits of uniformed personnel and their legal beneficiaries. (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) This came months after President Duterte ordered...
The Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) is still looking at the possibility of including employees who have been infected with COVID-19 while on a work-from-home arrangement in its cash assistance benefits. (Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash) In a virtual Laging Handa briefing on Thursday,...
Senators have rallied behind the passage of a bill that would give the Philippines' health workers continued benefits amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara sponsored on Wednesday, September 29, Senate Bill No. 2421, which...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) received more than 17,000 online maternity benefit applications one month after its initial implementation. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said the My.SSSPortal on the SSS website received 17,726 maternity benefit...
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill which seeks to standardize the retirement benefits to be given to judiciary officials. House deputy speaker and Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Representative Rufus Rodriguez (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez’ Facebook page) House Bill...
(Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) As the Philippines scrambles again to suppress the rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, some health workers have decided to quit their jobs because of the non-payment of their benefits and exhaustion due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in...
(Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said that more than P14 billion have already been released for the provision of benefits for healthcare workers who are attending to those afflicted with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The DOH said that P14.3 billion...
30071 On the same day that the President of the Philippines hailed them for their exemplary service to the people during the pandemic, health workers walked out of their jobs on August 30, National Heroes Day, to protest against the non-payment of their benefits. The president of the National...
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...
"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...
