DOH Sec. Francisco Duque: Alert Level 0 possible but… In the next couple of days, we have this gut feeling that Metro Manila and some
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We bleed for them
Photo by Bong Son/Kiara Ibanez/Benjie Cuaresma) This week, health workers from different hospitals held an online coordinated protest from their wards to oppose what they
Health workers hold simultaneous online protests, demand genuine pro-health workers policies
MANILA — Health workers from different hospitals in Metro Manila staged a simultaneous online protest from their respective posts on Thursday (27 January 2022) against
Let’s get the booster shots
We join President Rodrigo Duterte in his urgent call on Filipinos to get COVID-19 booster shots, which underlined the urgency after the Department of Education
Duque says NCR Covid cases peaked, dipping
People receive booster shots against Covid-19 at a drive-thru vaccination site at SM North parking area in Quezon City on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. On
The Senate ball, in SC hands
The Senate ball is now in the Supreme Court diamond. Thursday last week, the 24-member Senate asked the country’s highest court to declare as null
Frustration, faultlessly founded
AHW stages a concerted action (Photo courtesy by Manila Bulletin) We saw this week the deep frustration and anger of health workers, those who have
Lacson asks DOH Chief to uproot ‘mafia –like syndicate’ behind P841M overpriced ambulances
Sen. Ping Lacson By Ernie Reyes MANILA – The Philippine government easily lost some P841 million inthe purchase of ambulances that were found overpriced by
Forbidding figures
Pretty much startling, the warning by the Department of Health that daily COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila could reach up to 43,000 by September 30
DOH defends purchase of medical-grade ambulances
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday defended anew the purchase of medical-grade ambulances that Senator Panfilo Lacson alleged were “overpriced”. In a statement,
