LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — After years of working in provincial hospitals, 118 employees have secured permanent positions or higher appointments under a mass personnel action by the Cebu Provincial government. The workers took their oaths on August…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The island of Camotes will have more doctors and nurses as the Capitol welcomed another batch of healthcare workers. The province, led by Gov. Pamela Baricuatro, on Tuesday, August 26, inducted 158 nurses…
MANILA, Philippines — The remaining P27 billion COVID-19 health emergency allowances (HEAs) for eligible healthcare workers will be released on Friday, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). The DBM made the announcement shortly after Health Secretary Teodoro…
MANILA, Philippines — Senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), healthcare workers and lawyers may soon be allowed to vote earlier than the rest of the population after a bill on the matter was approved by the House…
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…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Government is now finalizing the list of healthcare workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs who will receive the One Coranavirus Disease 2019 (COVID)-19 Allowance (OCA). This was confirmed by Lapu-Lapu City Health…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) has directed the Cebu City Government to stop granting financial incentives to personnel who are not directly attending to COVID-19 patients. State auditors discovered that the city spent…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will be deploying buses for healthcare workers, who need to travel to and from the hospitals during the onslaught of Supertyphoon Odette. The Philippine Nurses Association appealed to the tricites of…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Booster shots for healthcare workers in Cebu City will start on November 29, 2021, along with the start of the National Vaccination Days. Although senior citizens and people with comorbidities should be eligible…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Talisay City Government is targeting to provide booster shots at a rate of 400 healthcare workers per day. The city on Monday, November 22, 2021, officially began the rollout of booster shots,…
MANILA, Philippines — Individuals who got Astrazeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines and who are now eligible for booster shots, like healthcare workers, were advised by an infectious disease expert to use vaccines from other brands due to a possible…
MANILA, Philippines — A nurse of three years resigned from St. Luke’s Medical Center after being offered a job in the United States and P150,000 in salary and allowances given even while waiting for her deployment abroad.…
