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Health care workers are now assured of receiving their COVID-19 benefits and allowances as long as the state of national public health emergency declared by the President is in place, Senator Sonny Angara said. As the sponsor and co-author of Senate Bill 2421 that was approved on third and final reading, Angara said there should […]
Public and private healthcare workers (HCWs) are likely to get mandatory and continued special risk allowance (SRA) in future public health emergencies as both legislative chambers moved closer to giving their final nod before the Feb. 5 congressional adjournment to a measure providing such extra pay to these medical frontliners, according to Camarines Sur Rep. […]
The House of Representatives approved on second reading a measure granting mandatory continuing benefits to public, private, and barangay health workers during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and other future public health emergencies. The chamber passed through voice voting House Bill 10701, which aims to promote the welfare of health workers by providing mandatory benefits […]
The House Committee on Health approved in principle several measures that would continue the provision of allowances and benefits to all public and private health workers during the state of public health emergency due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The panel, chaired by Quezon Representative Angelina Tan, approved House Bills 9640, 10198, 10285, 10331, […]
Senator Joel Villanueva pushed the passage of a bill that would institutionalize additional benefits for health workers, saying action should speak louder than words in giving honor to those who put their lives on the line in the battle against COVID-19. “We can shower our health care workers with words of admiration, praises and all […]
The Senate Committee on Finance is set to present in plenary the committee report on the bill that will ensure the benefits intended for public and private health workers under the Bayanihan 1 and 2 laws will continue to be provided even after their expiry. Senate Bill 2371 filed by Senators Dick Gordon and Senator […]
Senator Sonny Angara sees the need for more flexibility in the processes involved in the annual submission of the national budget to keep up with the constantly changing demands and situation on the ground during the pandemic. As the chairman of the Committee on Finance, Angara noted that many of the requirements of the various […]
Senator Sonny Angara reminded the Department of Health (DOH) that apart from the special risk allowance (SRA) to health workers, they are also entitled to hazard allowance as the frontliners in the country’s battle against COVID-19. Citing Section 21 of Republic Act 7305 or the Magna Carta of Public Health Workers, Angara said that during […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has urged the government to promptly hold a top-level dialogue with the health workers’ groups in recognition of their services as frontliners in saving lives in these critical times. “Our healthcare workers are already overworked and exposed to COVID-19 infection. They deserve better treatment and they need not go on walkouts or […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is calling on Congress to fast-track the approval of two legislative measures that aim to provide health workers with hazard pay plus substantial increases in the current rates of their overtime pay and other benefits. Villafuerte said these proposals, which he authored, will prevent a repeat of the current unrest […]