Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to provide hospitals some leeway and postpone the implementation of its Circular No. 2021-0013 which hospital and health provider groups believe conveyed the state insurance agency’s...
That the Philippines might soon hit 20,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in a day comes as no surprise to the leader of a pro-science consumer advocacy group. (Photo by Viktor Forgacs/ Unsplash) As far as Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Mamamayan (AGHAM)...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said the Duterte administration is already preparing the country to bounce back to a more dynamic economy post-pandemic as it strived to curb the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File...
The Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) Bayanihan E-Konsulta has noted a spike in COVID-19 cases as they are now handling an average of 400 cases per day, a 300 percent increase from a month ago, pushing Vice President Leni Robredo to take on the graveyard shift. OVP Undersecretary Philip Dy...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported an additional 16,044 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Sunday, Aug. 22. The latest figure pushed the country’s running case tally to 1,839,635, of which, 6.8 percent or 125,900 are active cases, according to the DOH’s case bulletin. Of the...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has stretched the deadline for the filing of various tax returns in areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified community quarantine (MECQ). (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) BIR Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay said the extension was in...
Top national and local government officials, National Capital Region (NCR) mayors, and other experts are set to hold a town hall to discuss ways on how to safely reopen the economy amid the ongoing threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey...
The local government of Quezon City has deployed 493,000 vaccines against COVID-19 during the reimposition of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) last August 6. “Every vaccine we jab is a life we save. So we made full use of all our registration processes -...
The country is expected to receive around five to eight million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the fourth and last week of this month. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was the projection made by Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday assured that the Duterte administration remains committed on its goal of making public service delivery more efficient, responsive and convenient who need government attention the most. Go made the statement after virtually attending the launch of the...
With the community quarantine due to COVID-19, many of us stayed at home and downloaded various apps on our phone to have convenient access to essential products and services. But having so many mobile apps from food delivery, shopping, to restaurants can sometimes be very confusing, especially...
Vice President Leni Robredo teamed up with Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto for a two-day Vaccine Express initiative to vaccinate some 4,000 members of the A5 category or the vulnerable and indigent sector in the city. Vice President Leni Robredo and Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto personally check the Vaccine...
