4 PH medicinal herbs for gout, pain relief pass clinical trials

Kurt dela Peña 03/09/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Back in the 1970s, the government had a dream of providing cheap medicines for Filipinos, especially the poor, who are often left out of health care. Dr. Cecilia Lazarte, director of the Institute of…

Be alert against hypertension PhilHealth warns Filipinos

05/30/2023

In observance of Hypertension Awareness Month this May, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) enjoins all Filipinos to be informed about hypertension. Hypertension (high blood pressure) is when the pressure of one’s blood vessels is too high…

Cebu Daily Newscast: LTO to unveil digital driver’s license amid shortage of plastic cards

05/09/2023

Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here’s what you need to know on Monday, May 1. LTO to unveil digital driver’s license amid shortage of plastic cards The Land…

Simultaneous distribution of final cash assistance for seniors begins

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Hundreds of senior citizens from Barangay Punta Princesa in Cebu City flocked to the Punta Princesa Elementary School on Saturday morning, December 10, 2022, for the first day of the simultaneous distribution of the…

Mandaue plans to regulate selling, reselling of medicines in sari-sari stores

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/26/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The dispensing, selling, and reselling of pharmaceutical products in sari-sari stores and other related outlets here will soon be regulated. This is after the proposed ordinance of city Councilors Joel Seno and Nerissa…

PhilHealth intensifies PhilHealth Konsulta accreditation in Region 7

Futch Anthony Inso 07/06/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has intensified its campaign of accrediting facilities in Central Visayas for the “Konsultasyong Sulit at Tama” also known as PhilHealth Konsulta. To ensure that the comprehensive primary…

Duterte repeats warning: Don’t buy medicines at sari-sari stores

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 02/22/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Don’t buy medicines at sari-sari stores, or your ailment might even get worse. President Rodrigo Duterte repeated on Monday this reminder of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in his taped weekly “Talk…

Capitol sends more medicines, equipment to hospitals

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Capitol has provided additional medicines and equipment to aid hospitals in the province as the surge of COVID-19 cases continues. Data from the Provincial Health Office showed that the four provincial and…

Warehouse yields P40-M Chinese ‘COVID-19 meds’

Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/02/2020

Around P40 million worth of Chinese medicines—which was being marketed as a cure for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19)—were found in a warehouse in Malate, Manila, on Friday. Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation-Special Action Unit…

BJMP-7 spox ‘discourages’ sending of packages to Cebu City Jail

Rosalie Abatayo and Alven Marie Timtim 04/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —An official of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Central Visayas (BJMP-7) is asking family members of inmates now detained at the Cebu City Jail to refrain from sending packages to the…

Homeless find home in Cebu City gyms, in need of donations

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — When the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Cebu City began on March 28, 2020, the roads were cleared of people and vehicles. But the homeless stayed in their place, very visible amidst the…

Inflation 2.9 percent in January, but prices of masks, medicines stable despite Taal eruption, nCoV scare

Ben O. de Vera 02/05/2020

People buying protective masks at a medical supplies store in Manila on January 31, 2020. Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP Inflation was up to an eight-month high of 2.9 percent last January but the government said…

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