Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said that members of President Duterte's Cabinet do not need to file their resignation letters if they intend to run in the 2022 elections, saying the filing of their certificates of candidacy (COC) will have the same effect. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque...
(Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) As the Philippines scrambles again to suppress the rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, some health workers have decided to quit their jobs because of the non-payment of their benefits and exhaustion due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in...
St. Luke’s Medical Center (Photo from SLMC) The St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC) clarified on Friday, Aug. 27, that the number of resignations among its healthcare workers “is not at alarming levels.” The SLMC issued the clarification after one of its official said in an interview that the...
President Duterte said that he was now open to accepting the resignation of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III if the latter would voluntarily do so. President Duterte and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photos) Duterte made the statement in his pre-recorded public address...
The Filipino Nurses United (FNU) on Monday, Aug. 23, said healthcare workers might resort to mass resignation as part of an impending protest if their special risk allowance (SRA) will not be released by September 1. (Jansen Romero / File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) "Sa tingin ko, isa na iyan sa...
Vice President Leni Robredo believes the renewed calls for the resignation of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III "would not do nothing" if the country’s system on COVID-19 response remains unchanged. Vice President Leni Robredo and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (OVP/PCOO /MB FILE PHOTO)...
(JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) A group of nurses discouraged the plan of some healthcare workers to go on mass resignation amid the country’s ongoing battle against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “As much a possible, we don’t encourage them na gawin yan kasi ang...
Assistant minority leader and Gabriela Women's Party Representative Arlene Brosas on Saturday, July 3, said that the resignation of National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesman Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. is a "mere attempt to ease the pressure over the...
President Duterte is standing firmly behind Health Secretary Francisco Duque III despite calls for his removal from his post. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during the inauguration of the newly built Light Rail Transit Line 2 East Extension Project in Antipolo City, Rizal on July 1,...
President Duterte has accepted the resignation of controversial anti-communist insurgency task force spokesman Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. (File photo) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after Parlade himself announced that he has resigned as spokesman...
