Canada will undertake a recruitment mission in Manila later this month to hire Filipino healthcare workers willing to work in one of its provinces. Healthcare workers The Embassy of Canada in the Philippines announced that the country's Saskatchewan province has employment opportunities open for...
LEMERY, Batangas -- Two fishpond workers died after they were electrocuted while cleaning the fishpond on Monday afternoon, Nov. 7, at Barangay Nonong Casteo this town. The victims were identified as Renante Batchar, 41, single, shrimp feeder, and resident of Barangay Talo-toan, Concepcion, Iloilo...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, November 8 commended delivery service company Lalamove for responding to the family of one of their riders who died while he was on duty last November 1. But Hontiveros said she laments the company’s statement that rider Noel Escote was “not fulfilling orders...
Motorcycle ride-hailing firm Move It has teamed up with a partylist group for a pilot project that provides one month of free rides to barangay health workers (BHW) in Metro Manila. The project, dubbed “Libreng Sakay for Barangay Health Workers,” is a partnership between Move It and the office...
Over 100 doctors and nurses from San Miguel Corporation (SMC) were deployed to 11 Metro Manila vaccination sites that include Mandaluyong City, Malabon City, and Quezon City to help the government in its intensified COVID-19 vaccine rollout. (MB/ FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) assured...
Nurses in PPEs Eligible health workers are expected to receive their unpaid Covid-19 special risk allowance (SRA) by next week, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Oct. 4. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released on Oct. 3 an amount of P1.04 billion to the DOH to cover the...
Eligible public and private health workers involved in pandemic health care response will soon get their unpaid special risk allowance (SRA), the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the DBM approved last Oct. 3 the release...
Health workers and members of health groups staged a rally in front of the south gate of the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Monday, Sept. 12, to demand adequate budget for direct health services in the country. The rally was joined by members of the Head Alliance for Democracy (HEAD),...
SINGAPORE More jobs await Filipinos as Singapore taps the Philippines for thousands of health workers after witnessing their abilities during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. revealed. President Marcos announces that Singapore wants to hire...
Health workers from public and private hospitals in Metro Manila stage a picket rally on Tuesday, Sept.6, 2022 at the Department of Health (DOH) Central Office in Sta. Cruz, Manila to denounce DOH "callousness" in promptly releasing their Covid-19 benefits (MANNY LLANES) The Alliance of Health...
Nurses in PPEs The Department of Health (DOH) assured the country’s health workers that they will soon receive their Covid-19 benefits. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that they already submitted the necessary documents in order for the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured the country's nurses that his administration would pursue programs promoting their welfare and development. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate / Manila Bulletin) Marcos said this as he graced the 100th Anniversary of the...