Congressmen and health experts moved on Wednesday, July 21 to ask the Supreme Court to step into the Ivermectin controversy as they stressed that the medicine could help address the grave threat brought by the Delta variant to public health. Ivermectin2 However, bad weather prevented the...
The offer to sell a tertiary hospital in Quezon City has fueled speculations that private health care establishments are struggling financially as a result of the on-going public health crisis triggered by the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. MEDICAL CHECK UP Anakalusugan Partylist...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the People's Reform Party (PRP) will support the candidates of Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) in the 2022 elections but insisted that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio should run for the presidency. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque speaks at the 'Run Sara...
For those who admired and loved her, Miriam Defensor-Santiago was a “political prophet” for her foresight on various issues, including a pandemic which would have been addressed sooner if her proposals responding to public health emergencies were passed into law. Late Senator Miriam...
The Department of Health (DOH) is encouraging those individuals who received the Ivermectin capsules during a distribution event in Quezon City last Thursday to report any adverse effects that they may experience after taking the anti-parasitic drug. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) DOH Undersecretary...
Despite cautions from government agencies and health experts on its use for COVID-19, two congressmen said Tuesday, April 27, that they will set up an "Ivermectin Pan-three" to distribute the anti-parasitic drug to "those who are in dire need". (Sharon McCutcheon/UNSPLASH) SAGIP Party-list...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) continues to crank out coronavirus disease (COVID-19) care facilities on top of its regular deliverables on road work. (DPWH) Another five of these COVID-19 facilities were recently completed and turned over to the Provincial Government of Iloilo,...
Anakalusugan Party-List Rep. Mike Defensor--the "last man standing" among the close allies of the previous Speaker--gave Alan Peter Cayetano his just desserts for helping stage the successful hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in the Philippines on its first year anniversary. Defensor...
...or as real as possible One of the things that made recently-crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo of Iloilo stand out was her answer in the final Q&A portion of the pageant, when the top five contestants were asked: “If you could create a new paper currency with the image of...
CI RICORDEREMO DI TE Portrait of the beloved former Italian ambassador, photo by specchioeconomico Most ambassadors fulfill their three-year posts and leave, checking the Philippines as one of their more memorable postings. Not former Italian Ambassador Massimo Roscigno who, in his posting in the...
