Representatives from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) could soon be included in all anti-drug operations by the Philippine National Police (PNP) if a bill proposed by a congresswoman is enacted. File photo of several men carrying the body of an illegal drug suspect during a drug raid in Quiapo,...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said there is no need to establish another task force specifically for monkeypox. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said there is already an Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), "which is not just...
A party-list congressman has highlighted the need to immediately create a national task force as the country reported its first case of the moneypox virus. (Image courtesy of World Health Organization) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee sought the urgent creation of the task force to monitor the...
A health expert expressed the need to create a “separate task force” against monkeypox a day after the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the detection of the viral disease in the Philippines. Monkeypox (Photo courtesy of openwho.org) Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis with “similar symptoms”...
BACOLOD CITY – Fifty kilos of uninspected pork were confiscated by authorities in Barangay Alijis here, the Task Force Botagoy reported Wednesday, July 20. A MEMBER of the Task Force Botagoy disposes 50 kilos of hot meat confiscated in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City following an inspection Monday,...
Highlighting the need to adapt with the current situation in the Philippines, a health expert expressed his approval in the proposed “reconstitution” of the members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to only those with “relevant and...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla on Monday, July 18 said Philippine communist rebellion is a local issue, not an international one. Padilla stressed this as he threw his full support behind localized peace talks with communist rebels. He also voiced his support for institutionalizing the National...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 30, 2021 a doctor vaccinates a patient against Covid-19 at a vaccination center in Sonthofen, southern Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Germany's parliament on April 7, 2022 rejected a government-backed proposal for mandatory...
Senator Sonny Angara said he hopes that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases would hold dialogues with local government units (LGUs) to discuss the mandatory wearing of face masks against Covid-19. In an interview with The Chiefs, Angara said that...
Vice President-elect and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte paid her last respects to the late Major General Erwin Bernard Neri, former chief of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP). Vice President-elect Sara Duterte visits the wake of the late ISAPF chief Maj. Gen....
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Cebu provincial government did not consult the Department of Health (DOH) regarding its decision to ease the face mask policy in the province. “Gusto namin linawin, hindi kami nakonsulta (We want to clarify, we have not been consulted) regarding this move or...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated on Thursday, June 9, that the wearing of face masks is still mandatory in accordance with rules of the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). "Current IATF protocols allow only for specific instances when...
