Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III received his first dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine on Friday, April 23. Health Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo administered the China’s Sinovac vaccine to Duque at the DOH Gymnasium, according to the livestream of state-run...
Lawmakers have prodded the Department of Health (DOH) to address the reported overpricing of drugs being prescribed to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. At the House inquiry Thursday, April 22, on the DOH and the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) policies for the registration,...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) will meet with concerned agencies to discuss the establishment of green lane for faster processing of permit applications of local vaccine manufacturers following the directive of President Duterte. ARTA Director General Jeremiah Belgica said the Department of...
The chief implementer of the National Task Force on COVID-19, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. would rather see Filipinos 'learning to live with the virus' rather than live with total lockdown enforcements anew. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) on...
Amid the rapid increase of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country in the past days, the national government has stepped up its vaccination efforts of around 1.7 million medical frontliners in order to proceed to the next phases of the vaccination plan. (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY...
Senator Risa Hontiveros, the Department of Health (DOH), and the Manila City government on Thursday (March 11) signed a covenant for the provision of medical assistance to indigent patients in the capital city. COVENANT SIGNING — Manila Mayor Francisco 'Isko Moreno' Domagoso and Sen. Risa...
A group of health advocates urged the government to be transparent and efficient in spending the P205.8 billion health budget during the first-year implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act. In a statement, the UHC Watch called on civil society to be vigilant and actively...
The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), has retained the regulation over the importation of veterinary drugs and animal feed ingredients after such authority was almost given back to the Department of Health’s (DOH) Food and Drug Authority (FDA). Based on...
In the midst of the hunger crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Health (DOH) partnered with International Care Ministries (ICM) to quickly deliver life-saving food relief to more than 30,000 children during the COVID-19 community quarantine. Since July, the DOH dispatched...
Pre-Covid, we would all be busy planning our family travels by now. But we have to face the fact that Covid-19 is here to stay for a little longer, so precautions have to be made, including that of taking the PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test prior to your flight. Here are some of the...
The Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have signed a Joint Administrative Order (JAO) to set the price range for RTPCR COVID-19 test. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) The issuance of JAO No. 2020-0001 signed on November 24, 2020, which is expected to take...
The AUF Arena (Photo by Jeremiah Sevilla) The PBA announced on Friday that it will postpone the staging of the Philippine Cup eliminations until concerned government agencies can craft new protocols inside the Clark bubble. The league said the decision which was recommended by the Inter-Agency Task...
