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Health workers from the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC) staged a lunch break protest on Wednesday, Oct. 20, to press for a higher 2022 health budget and to demand the release of their unpaid COVID-19 benefits.
President Rodrigo Duterte (Presidential photo) MANILA - Malacanang on Tuesday dismissed anew as hearsay claims that the "grand conspiracy" of alleged overpricing in the purchase of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) supplies from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. would never have happened without the "imprimatur" of President Rodrigo Duterte. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after Senator Richard Gordon, chair of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, released the preliminary findings of his panel's investigation on the purportedly overpriced medical supplies purchased by the government from Pharmally. Gordon said the national government granted Pharmally "unwanted benefits" when it awarded over PHP8 billion worth of contracts to the firm. He also said Duterte allegedly "allowed his friends to bleed this nation's coffers dry". "Kuwentong kutsero po iyan sa panahon ng pulitika; pero kapag ebidensiya po, walang ganyang e
Vice President Leni Robredo finds it bothersome that Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III was not consulted in the Inter-Agency Task Force's (IATF) recent decision to waive the quarantine retirement for vaccinated travellers coming from so-called "green" countries.
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Senator Christopher "Bong" Go (File photo) MANILA - Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Wednesday urged colleagues to support the proposed 2022 national budget, particularly the amount allotted for the country's Covid-19 pandemic response. During the Senate Committee on Finance hearing on the proposed PHP157.5-billion budget of the Department of Health (DOH) and its attached agencies for 2022, Go stressed the need to include in the budget the allowances of the healthcare workers. "Sa ating laban kontra Covid-19, isa sa pinaka-importante na dapat nating masigurado ay ang kapakanan ng ating healthcare workers (In our fight against Covid-19, one of the most important things we need to secure is the welfare of our health care workers)," Go said. Under the proposed budget, Go said more healthcare workers will receive allowances. "Hindi na limitado lamang sa mga directly exposed sa Covid-19 patients dahil nga hindi naman talaga natin alam kung sino ang exp