CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The local government of El Salvador City in Misamis Oriental will continue expanding its healthcare services this year after providing P35.17 million in medical assistance to residents in 2025. Mayor Edgar Lignes said the local government funded most of the medical aid,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will prioritize guarantee letters over cash assistance for medical needs after observing that some beneficiaries spent aid intended for medicines and treatment on other needs, including food and transportation. Speaking during the DSWD Media...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Sunday, June 14, said it has reached out to the family of a deceased member and is coordinating with the hospitals involved after a viral social media post claimed that the patient was denied benefits because his confinement reportedly...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Thursday, June 11, sent relief supplies and deployed Patient Transport Vehicles (PTVs) to communities affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Southern Mindanao earlier this week. In coordination with the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)...
In an archipelagic nation like the Philippines, access to healthcare is often defined by fate. For many residents of island-municipalities, the journey to a hospital is not simply a ride away. It is a fragile chain of transfers: from home to boat, from boat to shore, from shore to ambulance, and...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, January 15, said it will draft new guidelines for the Medical Assistance for Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Persons (MAIFIP) following President Marcos’ directive to ensure that medical financial aid is accessible, dignified, and free from...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said a total of 48 individuals received medical assistance during the “Trillion Peso March for Truth and Accountability” held on Sunday, November 30, at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila and the EDSA Shrine in Quezon City. In its latest update as of 4 p.m., the PRC...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development assured budget for medical and burial assistance in Western Visayas region. The agency made the assurance after reports claimed that the DSWD-6 has stopped Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS), particularly medical...
Former vice presidential and lawmaker Barry Gutierrez reminded that a government office’s competency depends on the leader at the helm, and not the budget. (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte and former vice president Leni Robredo (OVP photos) In a post on X (formerly Twitter)...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will have to stop its medical and assistance program after the provision for it was scrapped under the approved 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA). Vice President Sara Duterte (MB File Photo) “There is no approved budget for the Medical and...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to ensure that medical assistance will continue even during this holiday season. Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, made the call following reports the...
(File photo) Former Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebels and decommissioned combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will now be able to access vital health services in public hospitals through the newly established partnership between the Office of...
