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Senator Sonny Angara has filed a bill which seeks to give the Department of Health (DOH) the authority to increase the bed capacity of all public hospitals under its supervision in order to address the mismatch in occupancy and improve the quality of government health services. Under the present set-up, the department can only increase […]
“The Administration’s commitment to the Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act will go beyond the passage and signing of the law, as the concerned government agencies will be properly mobilized so that the measure’s objectives are achieved.” This was the assurance given by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Monday after the Palace announced last week […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Health (DOH) launched a six-month pilot program for micro enterprises to fast-track the process of getting permits from the Food and Drug Authority (FDA). Even as the program focuses on businesses producing low-risk food products with assets not more than P3 million, the FDA […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on government to fast-track the release of the implementing guidelines on the value-added tax (VAT) exemption of medicines under Republic Act 10963. Under the law, “sale of drugs and medicines prescribed for diabetes, high cholesterol, and hypertension” shall be exempt from VAT beginning January 1, 2019. Such provision was introduced […]
The Senate passed on third and final reading the landmark Universal Health Care Bill (UHC) which seeks to grant all Filipinos equal access to quality and affordable health services. Senate Bill 1896, or the Universal Health care for all Filipinos Act, was approved with a 14-0 vote with no abstention. The proposed measure seeks to […]
Senator Dick Gordon commended the passage of the bill seeking to allocate a supplemental budget amounting to P1.16 billion to the Department of Health for the provision of medical assistance to the estimated 830,000 recipients of the Dengvaxia vaccine. House Bill No. 7449 (Committee Report No. 395), sponsored by Senator Loren Legarda and co-sponsored by […]
With congressional hearings in the House of Representatives on the controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia wrapped up, Appropriations Committee Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles warned against complacency as he reiterated his call for the Senate to approve the proposed P1.161 billion supplemental budget for almost a million victims of the Dengvaxia vaccine. “The congressional hearings […]
House Appropriations Chairman and Davao City Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles appealed to the Senate to expedite approval of a P1.161 billion supplemental budget for Dengvaxia victims, after the House of Representatives had approved the measure before Congress adjourned last June. “Ang panawagan ko lang po, before mag-recess ang Congress sa Thursday sana naman po […]
Concerned over the rising number of leptospirosis cases in the country, Senator Nancy Binay urged the Department of Health (DOH) and local government units to launch a massive campaign to be proactive in the fight against the disease in the barangays. Binay said the DOH, with the help of local government units (LGUs), should remain […]
Senator Sonny Angara is urging all private and public schools to include cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in their respective curricula. Angara is the principal author of Republic Act 10871, popularly known as the “Samboy Lim Law,” which aims to train young Filipinos into lifesavers. “Schools are the best venue to equip students with the lifesaving […]