If Health Secretary Francisco Duque III files his resignation, which many are now calling for because of the latest Commission on Audit (COA) report, President Duterte will outrightly reject it, coming to the defense once more of the embattled health chief. President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the...
President Duterte said that it is “impossible” to steal P67.3 billion as he defended the Department of Health (DOH) after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged “deficiencies” in the agency’s handling of the COVID-19 funds. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular address to the...
A total of 27,806,881 doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have been administered as of August 15, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. DOH/MB The DOH said this was regardless of whether it was the first or second dose, or a single-dose vaccine. Of the above-mentioned doses,...
The P67.3 billion “deficiencies” flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) have been mostly resolved, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, August 13. DOH/MB In a statement, the DOH said, since the COA 2020 Consolidated Annual Audit Report covers audit findings until December 31, 2020,...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported more than 14,000 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Monday, August 16. DOH/MB The 14,610 new cases brought the country's total to 1,755,846. The Health department also reported 10,674 new recoveries and 27 new deaths. Total recoveries rose to...
Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos on Sunday, August 15 expressed doubts the Department of Health (DOH) was able to release the funds for the special risk allowances for healthcare workers despite Health Secretary Francisco Duque III’s pronouncements. Marcos made the statement amid Duque’s...
The Department of Health (DOH) has urged the public to take the COVID-19 Survey which was launched on Monday, August 15. DOH/MB The Health department explained that the COVID-19 mobile phone survey was launched "to gain a better understanding of how Filipinos are keeping themselves healthy...
The Department of Health (DOH) said all regions in the country, except Caraga, already have the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOH/MB "As of now based on our specimen sampled, all regions except Caraga," DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in an online press...
People flock outside Las Piñas Medical Hospital on Aug. 5, 2021 for a scheduled coronavirus vaccination. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Nine regions in the Philippines have been listed under “high risk” classification for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the worsening pandemic situation in...
The House Makabayan Bloc on Monday, August 16 filed House Resolution 2129 proposing a thorough congressional inquiry into the “grave inefficiency, gross incompetence and criminal negligence” allegedly committed by the Department of Health (DOH) in its management of P67.32 billion in funds to...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should consider the House of Representatives’ public hearing as an opportunity to explain the deficiencies highlighted by the Commission on Audit (COA) on the Department of Health’s (DOH) use of the P67.32-billion COVID-19 response funds. House Deputy...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) said that the supposed “unauthorized” grant of P275.9-million worth of meal allowances to healthcare workers, which was flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA), has "already been settled.” “The alleged ‘deficiencies’ in the management of P275.9...
