Health Secretary Francisco Duque III's refusal to step down from his post despite repeated calls only shows his loyalty to President Duterte, and not to the Filipinos, opposition Senator Leila de Lima said on Saturday, August 14. President Duterte confers with Health Secretary Francisco Duque III...
Former senator and Sorsogon Governor Francis "Chiz" Escudero has maintained that the Department of Health (DOH) may still have committed a crime if proven to have failed in properly disbursing its P67.32-billion COVID-19 funds. Former senator and Sorsogon Governor Francis 'Chiz' Escudero (MANILA...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its stand that the use of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots is not yet officially recommended at this point. “Unang-una, kaya hindi pa mairekomenda ang booster doses, aside from equity of course as a major...
(FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) The number of fresh coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being reported daily continue to rise as 13,177 new infections were reported by the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, August 13. The fresh cases set the second-highest number of new cases reported in a...
The Commission on Audit's (COA) observations on the Department of Health's (DOH) disbursement of COVID-19 funds should prompt the "right people" to act, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Friday, August 13. Senate President Vicente Sotto III delivers a speech in the opening of the third...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) said that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines increased by 31 percent in the past week amid the threat of the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant. “National cases saw an increase in the recent week,” said DOH Undersecretary Maria...
DOH/MB The Philippines has recorded over 12,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases for two consecutive days. Based on the Department of Health (DOH) latest case update, 12,439 new cases were detected across the country. The figure caused active infections to jump to 87,663 which is 5.2...
Representative photo of coronavirus (Unsplash) There were 177 new cases of Delta coronavirus variant in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, August 12. Of the new Delta variant cases, 144 are local cases, three are returning overseas Filipinos (ROF), and 30 cases are...
More adverse audit observations were revealed by the Commission on Audit in the handling of the Department of Health of billions of pesos in government funds and in the implementation of its projects even as audit disallowances and suspensions of various transactions have reached over P8.8 billion...
Former Vice President Jejomar Binay slammed the Department of Health (DOH) after it was flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) for deficiency in its utilization of more than P67 billion in COVID-19 response funds. Ex-Vice President Jejomar Binay "Nasasayang ang pagod at sakripisyo ng ating...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, August 12, lamented the P67 billion in misused and unspent funds that state auditors found in the Department of Health’s (DOH) COVID-19 response budget since the government keeps on saying it has no money to procure vaccines, provide cash aid, and pay...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday pressed for a Senate inquiry into the Commission on Audit’s (COA) discovery of mismanagement in the Department of Health’s (DOH) handling of P67.32-billion worth of funds for COVID-19 pandemic response, saying the deluge of deficiencies that...
