As part of efforts to make vaccination accessible, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will roll out a mobile COVID-19 inoculation drive at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) next week. Coronavirus vaccines have been...
The government should apologize for public confusion created by the implementation of the "no vaccination, no ride", especially on the issue pertaining to who should be exempted from the policy, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III said on Wednesday, Jan. 19....
A Palace official is supporting the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) call for private sector employers to give appropriate paid isolation and quarantine leaves for coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-affected workers, but insists that it should be done voluntarily. (Shivendu Shukla/ Unsplash)...
Senate Finance Committee chief Senator Sonny Angara on Tuesday gave assurance that the General Appropriations Act (GAA) 2022 contains the much-needed funding support for state-run hospitals and the strengthening of the country’s public healthcare system. Angara pointed out that the country’s...
A health reform advocate urged the national government to revisit its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) guidelines and alert level system amid the surge of infections among health care workers. FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN Former National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Dr. Anthony...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the implementation of quarantine protocols for workers in the aviation sector. (Kylle Pangan/ Unsplash) The quarantine rules for the particular set of workers are spelled out in IATF Resolution No....
(Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) An official of the Department of Health (DOH) said over 3,000 healthcare workers are currently undergoing isolation amid rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. "Dito sa Metro Manila... mayroon kaming nakita kahapon na data na mga 3,114 ang...
Philippine Ambassador to the United States (US) Jose Manuel Romualdez bared that there are at least 100,000 pending visas for Filipino health workers intended for deployment in the US. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Romualdez said these are nurses that have been approved to go to the US...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has started rolling out booster shots for fully vaccinated workers in the tourism industry as an added protection against the recent spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country. A tourism worker receives his first COVID-19 jab during the mass vaccination for...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is set to discuss, together with other concerned agencies, the funding of the special risk allowance (SRA) of medical workers for this year. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that he is set to meet the officials of Department of Budget and Management...
(Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The approved policy of a shorter isolation and quarantine period for fully vaccinated healthcare workers was based on scientific evidence, the Department of Health (DOH) and some medical experts said on Tuesday, Jan. 11. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
An automatic leave of absence may be availed by a government worker who will be called as a witness for the prosecution in an administrative or criminal case, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) said on Tuesday, Jan. 11. (CSC/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Under Resolution No. 2000897, published on...
