Bayan Muna solon: Free mass-testing
Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Sunday urged the Duterte administration to implement free COVID-19 testing to contain ...
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DILG to nix virus test for travel
The Department of the Interior and Local Government is considering a proposal to remove COVID-19 testing as a requirement for ...
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Tracing czar blasts LGUs for ‘political’ mindsets
The country’s contact tracing czar called out Saturday local government officials for what he described as inconsistent COVID-19 testing and ...
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PhilHealth owes Red Cross about P623 million–Gordon
State insurance agency Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) owes the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) some P623 million for COVID-19 testing, ...
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PhilHealth gets go-ahead to pay P900-m debt
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) said it will pay its nearly P1 billion debt to the Philippine Red Cross ...
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Free testing
Health workers take blood samples from walk-in individuals for COVID-19 testing at a serology clinic at the Kartilya ng Katipunan ...
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Palace quizzes PhilHealth on ‘pricey’ test kits; P8-billion loss bared
President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed alarm over the high price that the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) pays to hospitals ...
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