House leader hails Marcos admin on healthcare vision
Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy Co, chair of the House of Representatives committee on appropriations on Wednesday expressed support for the ...
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UK PM backs ‘radical’ action to resolve healthcare crisis
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday called for "bold and radical" action to reform the crisis-hit state healthcare system ...
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Covid-19 sets back poverty reduction
"The number of Filipinos in poverty has now risen to over 26 million, just under 25 percent of the population" ...
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Drilon cites four issues new admin should focus on
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Thursday outlined the four most pressing issues that President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ...
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South Korea drops vaunted ‘test and trace’ strategy
South Korea said Wednesday it was dropping its vaunted “trace, test and treat” program as a surge in Omicron cases ...
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Filipino nurses support US healthcare sector amid crisis
A leading provider of internationally-trained healthcare professionals in the United States considers Filipino nurses as one of the most resilient ...
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Tempering fear
It is easy to feel immobilized upon hearing the recent, sudden surge in the number of fresh COVID cases in ...
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Get jabs, avoid hospitalization – Bongbong
With the occupancy rate in intensive care units and ward beds now under the high-risk category, former Sen. Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ ...
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Powerful Haiti quake kills at least 29
A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti early Saturday, killing at least 29 people and toppling buildings in the disaster-plagued Caribbean ...
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G20 nervous over Delta threat to economic recovery
As healthcare systems brace for damage inflicted by the quick-spreading Delta variant, G20 finance ministers warned Saturday that it could ...
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