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‘More benefits for health workers’

A bill has been filed at the House of Representatives that seeks additional allowances and benefits for health care workers during the pandemic. Among other key...

‘Hasten release of SRA to barangay health workers’

BHW party-list Rep. Angelica Natasha Co on Sunday urged the Department of Health to speed up the release of the special risk allowances to...

We’re still in trouble–NTF

The country isn’t out of the woods yet, given the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant and the lack of health care workers that...

The COA reports (Part 2)

"The people’s anger and frustration can go beyond repair."   Last Wednesday, we noted that Health Secretary Francisco Duque did not have to wait for President...

Duque readies SRA payout

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Tuesday said special risk allowances (SRAs) for health care workers are ready for distribution beginning today. At a congressional...

Health workers’ deployment cap raised to 6,500

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POEA stops sending nurses abroad

The annual limit of 5,000  health care workers like nurses has been breached, thus prompting the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to suspend their deployment...

Unregistered nurses as gap fillers backed

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Nurses ‘tired, losing hope’ amid coronavirus surge, call on DOH’s Duque to resign

Filipino nurses are tired and losing hope as they face a fresh coronavirus infection surge that had exceeded single-day case reports from last year’s...

Local Roundup: ‘Frontline workers deserve risk pay’

Health care workers in the Philippines, directly attending to COVID-19 patients, including suspect and probable ones, should receive the special risk allowance and hazard...

Vaccine access to most Pinoys set in 2022 yet

Most Filipinos may have to wait until 2022 to be immunized against COVID-19, the country’s vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez said Monday. Galvez, speaking on...

Du30 ends ban on healthcare workers leaving PH but sets 5k annual limit

Only 5,000 health care workers will be allowed to leave every year to ensure the Philippines, which has the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases...

‘Bayanihan 2 will include more incentives for health workers’

The Philippines Bayanihan to Heal as One Act Part 2 will  include more incentives for health workers, the spokesperson of the Department of Health (DOH)...

The best care for healthcare

"Without a guaranteed safe and effective cure in sight, defensive measures are our best weapons."   For the past six months, we have seen the indubitable...
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