Seventeen couples, including members of the LGBTQA+ community, received their "Right to Care" cards as the San Juan City government launched the program on Wednesday, June 17, as part of the 19th cityhood anniversary celebration. Mayor Francis Zamora, together with city councilors and...
Senators on Monday, June 15 urged the Department of Health (DOH) and Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to look into the plight of a widow who allegedly was forced to cough up P1-million by a hospital as a deposit for her husband who needed immediate surgery but eventually died unable...
CEBU CITY – Regardless of gender identity or relationship status, partners can now make medical decisions in hospitals run by the Cebu provincial government. This policy was formalized through an executive order (EO) signed by Gov. Pamela Baricuatro, establishing the Right to Care program. The...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is planning to expand its network of residential care facilities as increasing demand for services places pressure on existing centers nationwide. Currently, 77 center and residential care facilities (CRCFs) cater to children in conflict with...
Mandaluyong City has joined other local governments in approving a “Right to Care” ordinance, which grants LGBTQIA+ residents and common-law partners the authority to make medical decisions on behalf of their partners. The Mandaluyong City government announced on Monday, May 26, that the 12th...
BYD Cars Philippines, under ACMobility, officially turned over a donation of ₱770,000 to the Healthway Foundation’s Cancer Care Hope Fund during a ceremony held last April 14, 2026, at the Healthway Cancer Care Hospital. By offering a limited-edition BYD Seagull in Seashell Pink last July 2025,...
Parents who believe they can no longer care for their child may legally surrender them through government-accredited channels instead of abandoning them or turning to unauthorized adoption arrangements, according to the National Authority for Child Care (NACC). NACC, an attached agency of the...
President Marcos announced that the maternity coverage for normal deliveries and cesarean sections under the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will increase staring April 30. In a video message on Wednesday, April 29, Marcos said that coverage for normal deliveries will increase...
Artillery troops trained to fire weapons are now being taught how to save lives on the battlefield as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and United States Armed Forces conducted a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) training at Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport in Tacloban City, Leyte. The...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. I was honored to be invited to deliver a short video message for the launch of the training of Early Childhood Development Teachers for Local Government Units (LGUs) under Project RISE — Reskilling, Innovating, Sustaining Excellence in...
I recently sat through a case study on Moderna—yes, that Moderna, the Covid-19 vaccine—and walked away thinking less about mRNA and more about how we look after our own bodies. Stay with me here. Moderna’s CEO once described his company this way: “We’re a technology company that happens...
Local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines are spending far below what is needed to deliver basic primary health care (PHC) services, according to state-run policy think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). A PIDS discussion paper t itled “Are Philippine Local...
