Senator Loren Legarda on Tuesday urged local government units (LGUs) to exercise best practices to help bring down dengue cases in the country, as she expressed alarm over the unsettling increase in dengue cases this year. Legarda, the author of the National Environmental Awareness Education...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office reported on Thursday, Feb. 20, three deaths and 38 confinements at the Zamboanga City Medical Center due to dengue from January to February. A HEALTH personnel conducts fogging activities in Zamboanga City. (File photo) ZCMC Public...
Reelectionist Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has urged Filipinos to stay vigilant as the number of dengue cases surge across the Philippines. Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, also urged local officials and the public to intensify their efforts to...
All facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) nationwide have been alerted on the rising number of dengue cases in the country. In a directive, BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. instructed all health service chiefs in prison facilities to report dengue cases within 24 hours...
Dengue fever has arrived alarmingly early in Metro Manila and nearby regions. The Department of Health (DOH) has reported a rapid surge in cases across Region IV-A, Region III, and Metro Manila, with Quezon City already declaring an outbreak after recording 10 deaths, including eight minors....
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Monday, Feb. 17, expressed its readiness to supply blood to patients across the country as dengue cases continue to surge. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Red Cross) “I always remind everyone that the Red Cross is ready to provide blood anytime,...
The Muntinlupa City government recorded 22 cases of dengue in more than a month this year. The 22 dengue cases in Muntinlupa were recorded from Jan. to Feb. 8 this year. From Jan 1 to June 3 last year, the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) recorded 80 dengue cases. According to the...
BACOLOD CITY – This city recorded a 355.9 percent increase in dengue cases from January to December last year with a total of 2,617 compared to 574 in 2023. The City Health Office said seven persons died in 2024, four more than 2023 with only three. Barangay Taculing had 274 cases, Mansilingan,...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A victory for truth, justice, and science. That's how Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin described the Department of Justice's (DOJ) decision to withdraw the...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office reported a 646 percent increase in dengue cases here last year compared to 2023. Kimberly Sibayan, medical surveillance officer of the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, said this city recorded 9,688 dengue cases in 2024, 8,389 more than...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office has recorded 250 dengue cases with two deaths from Jan. 1 to 18, a 296.83 percent or 187 increase compared to 63 in the same period last year. Bago City has the highest with 58, San Carlos City, 20; Kabankalan City, 19;...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office has recorded 37 dengue cases here – 20 in December and 17 in the first two weeks of this month. Dr. Donnabel Panes, chief of the City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (CESU), said the increase in dengue cases during Christmas and New Year were...
