The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that three emergency medical assistance teams in the Philippines have been certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) for international disaster and humanitarian deployment. (DOH / Facebook page) The DOH announced that on Sept. 20, the WHO...
CEBU CITY – The City Health Department has recommended the declaration of a state of public health emergency here due to increasing dengue cases. Dr. Daisy Villa, who made the recommendation to acting Mayor Raymond Garcia, said that the declaration will help combat rising cases. She said the...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB) Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin said the Marcos administration, particularly through the Department of Health (DOH) headed by Secretary Teodoro Herbosa, was able to release the remaining health...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has reaffirmed that the distribution utilities (DUs) can already implement tariff pass-on for capacities procured via emergency power supply agreements (EPSAs) even without securing provisional regulatory approval. In an advisory issued by the ERC, it...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police units nationwide to strictly implement a three-minute response to all requests for police assistance, especially those channeled via the 911 emergency calls, or E911. The policy is part of the PNP’s...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) instructed all its regional directors to prepare emergency shelters for residents that would be displaced by flooding and other adverse effects of typhoon “Carina”. DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar said a memorandum was...
(Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Has the Department of Health (DOH) finished its nationwide mapping of medical workers? Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte sure hopes so, as this would help ensure the quick distribution of...
DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook) The "Young Guns" bloc in the House of Representatives has hailed President Marcos and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah...
DAVAO CITY – A total of P826.2 million will be set aside for next year for the health emergency allowance (HEA) of the remaining unpaid healthcare and non-healthcare workers who served during the pandemic in the Davao region, a Health official said. Dr. Annabelle P. Yumang, Department of Health...
CEBU CITY – An emergency responder was killed and three others were injured when the ambulance they were riding overturned in Argao town, southern Cebu on Thursday afternoon, June 13. AN emergency responder was killed after an ambulance overturned in Argao town, Cebu on Thursday, June 13....
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said it is prepared to offer emergency loans to its affected members and pensioners following the eruption of Mount Kanlaon. But in order to be eligible, GSIS said that members and pensioners who are impacted by the eruption must live in an area...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has announced an allocation of more than P4.3 billion in emergency loans to aid members and pensioners in 17 areas affected by El Niño. In a statement, GSIS said that 185,107 active members and old-age and disability pensioners in Negros Oriental,...
