Bicol Saro Partylist Representative Brian Raymund Yamsuan on Wednesday, May 1, pressed for the passage of the bill that would impose stringent penalties, including life imprisonment, against those responsible for the large-scale manufacture, sale, and possession of counterfeit...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa on Tuesday, April 30, told senators that he had no knowledge of the alleged multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes happening in the medical industry. That is, until the issue was raised before the Senate, and senators have...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Did you know that House Speaker Martin Romualdez is a product of Ivy League school Cornell University in New York in the United States (US)? On Saturday, April 27, Romualdez, leader of the...
(Ted Aljibe/AFP) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is urging the Department of Health (DOH) to release the unpaid Covid allowances worth at least P27 billion that have been due to healthcare workers (HCWs) since 2021. “It’s nearly a year...
Meralco Energy, Inc. (MSERV), which is the nationwide energy solutions arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), has reinforced the electricity services provision for the healthcare facilities of Allied Care Experts (ACE) Group of Hospitals. The enhancement on the power supply and service network...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB) House Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has suggested a surefire way for the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to improve its services, and that's through...
AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes (AnaKalusugan Party-list Facebook) AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes underscored the need for a streamlined validating process from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to make healthcare more...
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Global Health Assistant Administrator Atul Gawande believes that the Philippines' goal to provide primary healthcare to 28 million Filipinos by 2028 is realistic and achievable. United States Agency for International Development (USAID)...
President Marcos has reiterated his commitment to improving the country's healthcare system as he reported that there are now 131 medical specialty centers across the country as of December 2023. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Bongbong Marcos/Instagram) In a video uploaded to his...
Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc. (AC Health), a unit of the Zobels' Ayala Corporation, reported that it has acquired a significant minority stake in North Luzon-based pharmaceutical company, St. Joseph Drug (Joleco Resources Inc.). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Ayala...
Healthway Medical Network (HMN), the hospital and clinics arm of Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (AC Health), has teamed up with leading pharmaceutical company MSD to make cancer products and services more available, accessible, and affordable to Filipino patients. In a statement the firms...
President Marcos is optimistic that the opening of the first cancer care hospital in the Philippines will go "will go a long way" in improving the access to quality cancer care in the country. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos expressed this as he led the inauguration of the Healthway Cancer Care Hospital...
