public health crisis Archives

Villar eyes probe on rising chronic kidney cases

Senator Mark Villar expressed grave concern over a looming public health crisis in the country. He filed Senate Resolution No. 313 calling for an urgent...

Cebu healthcare grapples with lack of resources

CEBU CITY—A shortage of medical personnel, medicine supplies, and poorly maintained facilities are among the pressing issues affecting Cebu Province’s healthcare system. This was...

Etiqa Philippines head named PLIA president

Newly-appointed Philippine Life Insurance Life Association Inc. (PLIA) President Rico T. Bautista has vowed to make insurance more relevant and accessible for Filipinos, especially...

Marcos: Help entrepreneurs recover, grow

Partido Federal ng Pilipinas standard-bearer Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said one positive outcome of the COVID-19 public health crisis is that it brought out...

Multiple day voting mulled amid ‘crisis’

The government is preparing a proposal to hold a “multi-day” voting for the 2022 national and local elections amid the prevailing threat of the...

A heinous crime amid the crisis

"How can these scammers stomach what they do to their fellow Filipinos?" How can some people stomach exploiting the current public health crisis and taking...

Paschal Triduum in the pandemic

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Election game changer

"The COVID-19 pandemic will make the 2022 polls starkly different from the ones we have known before." In less than a year and a half,...

Defer premium contribution increase, lawmaker urges Philhealth

A party-list lawmaker on Saturday urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) to defer the increase in premium contributions of its members this year...

Parents are the new frontliners

"They have to assist their children while also doing their regular work." Poor internet signal and lack of digital gadgets did not douse the burning...

RWM hotels gear up for reopening

Gaining guests’ trust is the primary objective of the hospitality industry in the time of a public health crisis. Suffice it to say, it’s...

Shoppers keeping shoppers safe

Fostering a sense of community amid a public health crisis, Shangri-La Plaza mall enlisted the help of shoppers in designing safety distancing markers as...