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Senator Dick Gordon has extended immediate assistance to a London-based Filipino caregiver’s pregnant niece who has been held in a private hospital in Arayat, Pampanga for failing to settle her bills after contracting COVID-19. Gordon, who also chairs the Philippine Red Cross, the country’s premier humanitarian organization, assured Filipino caregiver Romeo Mendoza that he has […]
Business establishments allowed to open in their localities which are issued a Safety Seal will be granted an increase of 10 percentage points in operational or venue capacity with the issuance of the latest joint guidelines from five government regulatory agencies. The latest directive is contained in the “Supplemental Guidelines Relative to the Implementing Guidelines […]
Fully vaccinated tourists can soon enter Boracay in Malay, Aklan without presenting a negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test once the island population is fully inoculated. Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores said this move is meant to revive the island’s tourism industry. “While the negative RT-PCR test is still being required, I will be issuing […]
Two lawmakers at the House of Representatives called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant the COVID-19 vaccines full approval to encourage the hesitant individuals to get inoculated. Agusan del Norte Representative Lawrence Fortun said the full FDA approval will enable the private sector, the private hospitals, pharmacies, and the doctors to order […]
The Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) over the weekend lauded the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for spearheading the coronavirus vaccination drive for student-athletes. “We thank CHED for listening to our call to include student-athletes in the list of priority groups for inoculation against COVID-19. We also congratulate them for the successful launch of their […]
Seven of the 61 barangays in Bacolod City have been prioritized for an intensified coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) house-to-house vaccination campaign. The Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) said the roll-out started recently in coordination with the village chiefs and their respective Barangay Health and Emergency Response Teams (BHERTs). The seven priority barangays have recorded the […]
The chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Labor and Employment thumbed down the policy of making coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination a mandatory condition for work being implemented by some businesses. 1PACMAN Party-list Representative Enrico Pineda said the “no jab, no job” policy requiring a person to be vaccinated so that he or […]
About 54 percent of the target population of Ormoc City have been vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the highest coverage in the Eastern Visayas region. Mayor Richard Gomez reported during his State of the City Address (SOCA) that some 54,376 residents 18 to 65 years old got complete doses of the vaccine. “The latest […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has reached another breakthrough as they now have an additional 100 medical tents stored in the PRC Namayan Warehouse in Mandaluyong. The humanitarian organization now has 211 medical tents. “Urgent action is needed to arrest the rising human toll due to the ongoing pandemic.” “As the PRC puts a high […]
Senator Joel Villanueva underscored the pivotal role of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in the government’s efforts to get millions of unemployed Filipinos back to work after suffering job loss during the pandemic. Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, said TESDA’s proposed P14.5-billion budget for next year was crucial in providing […]