Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday, August 25, pushed for "free mass testing" for COVID-19 using the billions of funds still not unutilized by agencies. Senate President Vicente Sotto III bangs the gavel signifying the start of the plenary session on November 24, 2020.(Henzberg...
Concerned that his agency will again be called out by the Commission on Audit (COA), Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Wednesday, August 25, insisted the need for a law that would authorize the grant of special risk allowances (SRA) to health care workers who are not catering to COVID-19...
The Philippines could have P4.7 billion worth of additional COVID-19 vaccines in its supply had the Department of Health (DOH) spent the amount it borrowed from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). COVID-19 vaccines (Keith Bacongco/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) At the resumption of...
Should he run for president, Senator Richard Gordon said he would choose a "public health person" to be his vice president. Senator Richard Gordon (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) "I'm looking for a public health person. We have to get out of COVID. And I will need somebody other than my secretary of...
"It appears that we did not improve at all." Senate President Vicente Sotto III could not help but make the statement as the Philippines recorded its highest daily coronavirus infection tally on Monday, August 23. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III At the Senate's plenary session Monday,...
Metro Manila mayors did not expect that the recent surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases "would be this huge" that they have to request for additional isolation facilities from the national government, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said Monday, Aug....
The executive department's proposal for a P240-billion budget for coronavirus response next year might have to go through the needle hole as senators doubt its ability to fully spend it. Senator Juan Edgardo 'Sonny' Angara (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara, chairman...
Another senator has pushed to grill the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) after state auditors found that the agency used only one percent of its allocation for its service contracting program. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines) Senator Francis...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, August 18, appealed to authorities heed the call of health workers for the issuance of their special risk allowances (SRA) and other benefits to prevent their reported plan to mass resign. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) "Our medical frontliners are...
Hospitals' associations on Tuesday, August 17, complained of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) supposed "arbitrary denial" of over P13.8 billion in benefits claims. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) At the hearing of the House Committee on Health, Philippine...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said on Tuesday, August 17, that it will reconsider its circular which removed the benefit package for probable COVID-19 cases. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (MANILA BULLETIN) During a hearing of the House of Representatives'...
House Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda has expressed disappointment over the initial findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) on the Department of Health's (DOH) handling of the COVID-19 response funds. Antique representatiive and House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda (Courtesy of Rep....
