Gov’t still owes 20,000 healthcare workers P1.94 billion in backpay

Kathleen de Villa 04/23/2023

MANILA, Philippines — About 20,000 healthcare workers who rendered duty in private hospitals during the pandemic have yet to receive their COVID-19 allowances amounting to P1.94 billion. Data from the United Private Hospital Unions of the Philippines (UPHUP) showed…

DOH OKs 2nd booster shot for general adult population

Kathleen de Villa 04/13/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has finally approved the rollout of second booster shots against COVID-19 for the general adult population. DOH officer in charge Maria Rosario Vergeire on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, said…

4 regents back mathematician’s bid for 2nd term as UP Diliman chancellor

Kathleen de Villa 04/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Mathematician Fidel Nemenzo, immediate past chancellor of the University of the Philippines’ (UP) Diliman campus, has gained the support of at least four regents of the country’s premier state university in his bid for another term…

Degamo slay planned since December

Dexter Cabalza, Kathleen de Villa, Kaye C. Brier, Tina G. Santos 03/10/2023

The plan to murder Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo was hatched as early as December last year, police investigators revealed Thursday, March 9, 2023. In a press conference, Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson for the Special…

Comelec mulls village, youth polls in malls

Kathleen de Villa 01/28/2023

After its experimental “register anywhere” project for new voters, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is now looking to also conduct a pilot test on holding the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls in October in select malls. In…

DOH: Wasted COVID-19 jabs now at 44 million doses

Kathleen de Villa 12/03/2022

COVID-19 vaccines going to waste in the country due to expiration or mishandling continue to pile up. The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday said about 44 million doses had been wasted, of which 13 million were…

P33,000 minimum wage proposed nationwide

Kathleen de Villa 11/23/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Federations of government unions have joined calls for wage hike and security of job tenure, urging the government to raise the national minimum salary to be able to earn a living wage. Citing the…

Citing steep price hikes, DOLE orders wage review

Kathleen de Villa, Ronnel Domingo 11/09/2022

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has ordered the regional wage boards to review whether another round of increase for the country’s 4 million minimum wage earners could be imposed next year to cushion the impact…

‘Homicide’ by suffocation – Fortun on Percy Lapid ‘middleman’

Kathleen de Villa 10/30/2022

MANILA, Philippines — An independent autopsy by top forensic pathologist Raquel Fortun on the body of Cristito Villamor Palaña, an alleged middleman in the assassination of broadcaster Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa, has bolstered conjectures of foul play…

Autopsy of ‘middleman’ in Percy Lapid killing raises more questions

Dexter Cabalza, Kathleen de Villa 10/23/2022

MANILA, Philippines — A leading forensic pathologist, Dr. Raquel Fortun raised questions on Saturday about the autopsy that was done on the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) inmate who allegedly contracted the Oct. 3 killing of popular radio…

DOH seeks higher taxes on sweetened beverages, junk food

Kathleen de Villa 09/11/2022

MANILA, Philippines — After getting P155 billion from sin taxes on tobacco and alcohol products, the Department of Health (DOH) now wants to slap additional excises, this time on sweetened beverages, junk food and “nonstaple” food high…

1.5 million COVID jabs expiring end of July – Concepcion

Kathleen de Villa 07/20/2022

MANILA, Philippines — More than 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccines acquired by the private sector are due to expire by the end of the month, a former presidential adviser warned on Tuesday. According to businessman Joey Concepcion, an…

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