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AUGMENTATION OF HEALTH WORKERS GETS HOUSE OK

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to establish the Health Emergency Auxiliary Reinforcement Team (HEART) under the Department of Health (DOH) to augment the health workforce in times of disasters, public health emergencies, and health threats. With an overwhelming 254 votes, the lower chamber approved House Bill […]

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VILLAFUERTE: AUGMENT BICOL CALAMITY FUNDS

Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has called on the Congress to  consider setting aside a far bigger amount of calamity funds in the proposed 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA), with a significant part earmarked for relief and rehabilitation work in Bicol and other areas devastated by the weekend onslaught of what is now considered to […]