Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that he is planning to return to teaching after his term ends as chief of the Department of Health (DOH). “I’m still going to work but in the private sector,” said Duque in an online forum on...
ruvim-noga-pazM9TQJ2Ck-unsplash Medical organizations once again repeated their appeal for President Duterte to veto the proposed measure that seeks to lower the age of those allowed to purchase vape products. “Kami na nasa medical field, tingin namin na the vape bill, kontra ito sa polisiya ng...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has ordered the collection of unpaid electricity bills of the Maguindanao Electric Cooperative, Inc. (MAGELCO) and Lanao del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LASURECO). In a statement Wednesday, June 8, the DOF said MAGELCO and LASURECO have outstanding accounts...
In an aim to improve businesses through digitalization, three food-based micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Palawan were provided with a Web-based Inventory Monitoring and Logistics Management System (WIMLMS) to streamline their operation for increased productivity. DOST-MIMAROPA...
A passenger (C) sits inside a tricycle covered with a reminder to wear a mask, part of the Covid-19 health protocols, in Manila on February 16, 2022. Ted ALJIBE / AFP The Department of Health (DOH) believes that the country has already been able to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus since the...
NUEVA VIZCAYA – Two loggers were arrested while one was able to escape after authorities caught them in the act of illegally cutting Gmelina trees in a mountainous area in Barangay Nagcuartelan, Aritao in this province on Tuesday afternoon. Major Nova Lyn Aggasid, Information officer of Nueva...
Still misunderstood since it wreaked havoc in the 1980s, this epidemic keeps spreading through shame, secrecy, and silence Northern Samar is stepping up its drive against human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) to rid the province of the illness. The local...
Due to the full capacity of its emergency department, the Philippines General Hospital (PGH) has temporarily halted its elective procedures to focus on emergencies. (Photo from UP-PGH) This was announced by PGH spokesperson Dr. Jonas Del Rosario during a “Laging Handa” briefing on Tuesday, June...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is now currently in the process of "institutionalizing" the Covid-19 vaccination program in order to bring vaccination...
87305 Three additional cases of Omicron subvariant BA.5 were detected, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, June 7. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that two cases were from Calabarzon, while the DOH is still verifying the address of the other case. “The individual...
Outgoing Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones emphasized the need to review reforms on curriculum, as well as implement structural changes, in order to transform education and its systems. Education Secretary Leonor Briones (DepEd File Photo / Manila Bulletin) In a policy...
Finance Chief Economist Gil S. Beltran said the government would need an additional P250-billion per year to bring down the government’s financing gap to a figure comparable to the pre-pandemic level of 3.4 percent. This developed as the Department of Finance (DOF) warned Tuesday, June 7, that...
