ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government launched on Wednesday, Oct. 30, the 911 Emergency Response, a program designed to provide real time response to emergency calls. MAYOR John Dalipe shakes hands with an operator of the 911 desk during the launching of the emergency response system in Zamboanga...
State-owned Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said it is closely monitoring typhoon-hit regions and will immediately offer loans to eligible members and pensioners once an area is declared under state of calamity. “GSIS is monitoring other areas in the Bicol Region, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA,...
CEBU CITY – The province of Bohol has opened another emergency response operation center. The eighth substation of the Telephone and Radio Systems Integrated Emergency Response (TaRSIER117) officially began its operations in Inabanga recently. AUMENTADO (FB) Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado...
The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that three emergency medical assistance teams in the Philippines have been certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) for international disaster and humanitarian deployment. (DOH / Facebook page) The DOH announced that on Sept. 20, the WHO...
CEBU CITY – The City Health Department has recommended the declaration of a state of public health emergency here due to increasing dengue cases. Dr. Daisy Villa, who made the recommendation to acting Mayor Raymond Garcia, said that the declaration will help combat rising cases. She said the...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB) Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin said the Marcos administration, particularly through the Department of Health (DOH) headed by Secretary Teodoro Herbosa, was able to release the remaining health...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has reaffirmed that the distribution utilities (DUs) can already implement tariff pass-on for capacities procured via emergency power supply agreements (EPSAs) even without securing provisional regulatory approval. In an advisory issued by the ERC, it...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police units nationwide to strictly implement a three-minute response to all requests for police assistance, especially those channeled via the 911 emergency calls, or E911. The policy is part of the PNP’s...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) instructed all its regional directors to prepare emergency shelters for residents that would be displaced by flooding and other adverse effects of typhoon “Carina”. DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar said a memorandum was...
(Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Has the Department of Health (DOH) finished its nationwide mapping of medical workers? Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte sure hopes so, as this would help ensure the quick distribution of...
DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook) The "Young Guns" bloc in the House of Representatives has hailed President Marcos and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah...
DAVAO CITY – A total of P826.2 million will be set aside for next year for the health emergency allowance (HEA) of the remaining unpaid healthcare and non-healthcare workers who served during the pandemic in the Davao region, a Health official said. Dr. Annabelle P. Yumang, Department of Health...
