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Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte bemoaned Wednesday the delayed release of Covid-19 allowances due an estimated 20,000 healthcare workers (HCWs) under a law that was passed years back at the height of the pandemic for the benefit of our medical frontliners. “It is our hope that the Departments of Health (DOH) and of Budget and Management (DBM) […]
The Philippines and Singapore have agreed to hold exploratory talks on the hiring and deployment of nurses, medical professionals, and other Filipino health care workers under a government-to-government arrangement. The agreement is contained in a Joint Communique signed Wednesday by Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople and Singapore Health Minister Ong Ye Kung. “We acknowledge the […]
Two senators filed bills that aim to add more benefits for barangay health workers (BHWs) who have been playing an important role in the country’s fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Senator Bong Go reiterated the need to pass into law his filed bill which seeks to mandate the appointment of at least two BHWs […]
Senator Bong Go, who heads the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, commended the Department of Health for fast-tracking the provision of benefits to the country’s health care workers (HCWs). Go further reminded DOH and those in the Executive branch to ensure the proper implementation of the law by providing what is due to frontliners […]
Senator Dick Gordon welcomed the passing on third reading of Senate Bill No. 2421, a measure that he authored and co-sponsored, which extends the granting of COVID-19 benefits to both public and private healthcare workers. Gordon, the vice-chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, said that he hopes that the continued awarding of monetary benefits […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has urged his congressional colleagues to help address the imminent shortage of nurses by passing in the remaining session weeks of the Legislature a bill that would encourage these healthcare workers to stay in the Philippines through reforms in nursing education. “The bill should be acted upon with urgency amid […]
Senator Joel Villanueva raised what appears to be conflicting numbers in the Department of Health’s (DOH) hiring program, saying that while the DOH was asking for P3.8 billion in funds to hire additional personnel under its emergency hiring program, there still remained over 14,000 unfilled positions in the department. Villanueva asked DOH representatives at the […]
Whatever worker benefits the government will unveil on Labor Day should include a package for those working in the healthcare sector, Senator Joel Villanueva stressed. “Given today’s circumstances, I think that should be a major plank of the traditional May 1 announcement by Malacanang,” said Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee. The veteran legislator […]
A lawmaker at the House of Representatives is seeking a congressional inquiry into the reported delay in the release of allowances and other benefits of medical workers at the frontlines of the country’s battle against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Manila 1st District Representative Manuel Luis Lopez filed House Resolution No. 1704 which calls for an investigation, […]
Senator Grace Poe exhorted the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging and Infectious Diseases and concerned government agencies to act promptly on the call for help of the country’s health workers (HCW) who are falling ill and risking lives as they carry out frontline duties in battling COVID-19. “The strain of the pandemic […]