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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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