MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker is urging the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to temporarily suspend the deployment of Filipino nurses overseas as the country fights the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Cagayan de Oro City…
The right to life and right to health gain more meaning in crisis situations such as what we are facing now. Health is a priority, no doubt about it. When we listened to President Duterte’s announcement…
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — Health workers conducting an anti-polio vaccination in the hinterlands of Agusan del Norte were waylaid by suspected New People’s Army rebels, the military said. Colonel Maurito Licudine, commander of the Army…
MANILA, Philippines — For two years, “Bea” worked as a nurse at one of the country’s most efficient and reliable private hospitals in Metro Manila. But unlike the top-notch care that patients would receive from the hospital,…
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis Pangilinan is pushing for the increase in the entry-level salary of government nurses to P30,531 to prevent them from seeking greener pastures overseas. In a statement on Wednesday, Pangilinan said his Senate…
CEBU City police has identified the suspect in the murder of a graduating medical student inside her rented room at V. Rama Street, Barangay Guadalupe in Cebu City last Tuesday morning. Supt. Ryan Devaras, chief of the…
Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) acting jail warden Roberto Legaspi recommended the termination of contracts of two job order (JO) nurses after they were caught attempting to smuggle contraband inside the detention facility. Confiscated from…
The nurse who got assaulted by a female patient and her husband at the Cebu Provincial Hospital-Balamban branch last November 14 will file a complaint against them, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) said yesterday. This came as…
MORE Filipino nurses are encouraged to work in Australia amid an increasing demand in the country for personal care workers and other aged healthcare professionals. Vikram Sharma, an Australian-registered migration agent, said one of Australia’s problems in…
Cebu province will hire those health personnel assigned in the province that will be affected by the planned reduction of the numbers of rural doctors and nurses by the Department of Health (DOH). Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide…
