Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, August 12, asked the Senate to investigate the reported deficiencies of the Department of Health (DOH) in spending its allocations for COVID-19 response. Senator Grace Poe (Senate PRIB) Following the release of the Commission on Audit's (COA) report, Poe filed a...
Progressive lawmakers have assailed anew Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque after the reported deficiencies of his department in spending some P67.32 billion in COVID-19 response funds. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (PCOO) Bayan Muna Party List Representative Carlos Zarate...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, August 12 said she is not surprised at the Commission on Audit’s (COA) findings of deficiencies in the Department of Health’s (DOH) handling of some P67.32-billion worth of COVID-19 funds, saying there has always been strong indications of neglect and...
Audit deficiencies in the Department of Health’s (DOH) management of some P67.32 billion in COVID-19 funds have been found by the Commission on Audit (COA) as it warned that such quesitonable handling of funds has triggered doubts into the regularity and propriety of transactions made. DEPARTMENT...
For some senators, the latest report of the Commission on Audit (COA) on the Department of Health's (DOH) supposed deficiencies in handling some ₱67.3-billion COVID-19 response funds bolsters their observations on how well the agency is managing the pandemic. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of...
' Kun Maupay Man It Panahon ' film is heading to film festivals in Switzerland and Canada It is not new for the Philippines to get strong rainfalls, but Super Typhoon Yolanda was different. In 2013, the country dealt with a massive storm surge that left 90 percent of Tacloban City in the island of...
Swift passage by the House of Representatives of the bill that grants proprietary educational institutions lower tax rate of 10 percent has won the applause of private school owners and alliances. House of Representatives The Lower House passed House Bill 9913 on second reading and is expected to...
President Duterte is supporting moves to accelerate the improvement of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) and this has been discussed numerous times during the meetings of the Task Force against COVID-19, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. said on Wednesday, August 4. Galvez made the remark...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) warned its personnel on Friday, July 30, of the stiffest possible sanctions should they get involved in any form of lawlessness or illegal acts. Chief Insp. Xavier Solda, spokesperson of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (Photo from Chief...
Another one million doses of China-made Sinovac vaccines arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) The life-saving jabs were flown in by Cebu Pacific flight 5J 723 at 7:35 a.m. Friday, July 30. Department of Health (DOH) Secretary...
Another batch of delegates from Israel arrived in the country Monday, July 26, to share their experiences and best practices on their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Response Operations, especially on clinical management. DOH/MB In a statement, the Department of Health (DOH) said the Israeli...
New facilities in University of the Philippines may possibly host future games for the next UAAP seasons to come. (MB File Photo) Francisco "Kiko" Diaz, dean of UP College of Human Kinetics, bared that four major venues in Diliman, Quezon City are soon to be available for the league, which is...
