‘The Big One’: DOH hospitals in NCR ready for it

Ma. Teresa Montemayor - Philippine News Agency 10/15/2025

MANILA, Philippines– The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday assured the public that its hospitals across the National Capital Region (NCR) are prepared to respond to emergencies in case of a major earthquake, also known as “The…

Capitol plans to set aside P650M for hospital infra upgrades in 2026

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/02/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Provincial Government plans to allocate more funds to improve healthcare services in 2026. Capitol officials revealed on Tuesday, September 2, that they intend to earmark P650 million for hospital infrastructure. It…

Over 1,800 applied for healthcare positions in Cebu province

By Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/22/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Provincial Government received a staggering 1,800 applicants for various positions in its healthcare sector, just weeks after they implemented mass hiring as part of its efforts to improve medical and hospital…

Cebu capitol injects additional P180 million for hospitals

By Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/15/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Capitol has injected fresh funds into the province’s 16 hospitals meant to improve operations. Gov. Pamela Baricuatro on Monday, July 14, announced the release of approximately P180.7 million to fund operations of…

Cebu province needs over 1,600 workers for hospitals

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/07/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu province needed over 1,600 workers if it wants to improve the healthcare system here. The Capitol has begun a ‘mass hiring’ to fill 1,667 vacant positions in the healthcare sector. These include…

Cebu province to beef up hospital manpower immediately

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/02/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The new administration at the Capitol aims to beef up the province’s healthcare system before July ends. Gov. Pamela Baricuatro made this promise during her Inauguration Ceremony last Tuesday, July 1. In her…

Sen. Bong Go pushes for more bills to build, upgrade public hospitals

Jan Escosio-Reporter 06/10/2025

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Christopher “Bong” Go urged his fellow lawmakers to back several local hospital bills aimed at establishing, expanding, and upgrading public healthcare facilities across various provinces. He emphasized the urgent need to make quality…

Probe into PhilHealth’s P59.6B unpaid reimbursements pushed

Krixia Subingsubing 01/18/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has called on his colleagues to investigate the state insurer Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) for its alleged failure to pay hospitals for P59.6 billion in reimbursements. On Thursday,…

Israel besieges 2 more Gaza hospitals, demands evacuations, Palestinians say

Reuters 03/25/2024

CAIRO — Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, and Israel said it had captured 480 militants in continued clashes at Gaza’s main…

Sto. Niño de Cebu image visits hospitals, jails

01/06/2024

CEBU CITY — The image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu was brought to some hospitals and jails in Cebu to give the sick and the persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) the chance to venerate the Holy…

DOH may shelve plan to hire unlicensed nurses

Kathleen de Villa 06/24/2023

Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa on Friday said he would consider shelving his plan of allowing unlicensed nursing graduates to work in public hospitals should it fail to hurdle the “legal roadblocks.” At a press briefing, Herbosa pointed…

Hospitals in Cebu province given 60 days to ‘shape up’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/01/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Shape up or ship out.  This was the instructions Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia relayed to officials of province-ran hospitals after the Capitol released the results of their three-month evaluation last Tuesday, January 31. …

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