(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) is working on salary standardization and improvement of benefits among healthcare workers (HCWs) both in the public and private sector to encourage them to stay and serve the country. During a media forum, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said the department sees the out migration of healthcare professionals to different countries needing to hire them to fill gaps in their workforce which may be brought by resignation or by the pandemic. "We cannot prevent our healthcare workers from leaving because that is their right also to find more productive, and higher salary for them," she said. Earlier, the De La Salle University Medical Center employees' union said the active recruitment and offering of attractive packages to Filipino nursing students by the United Kingdom and Germany could affect the country's healthcare system. "So, ngayon ang ginagawa ng ating gobyerno nakapagpasa tayo ng isang bill na
SIM REGISTRATION. A mobile user was assisted by a Smart Telecommunications personnel through the SIM card registration process at the Smart store in SM City Davao on Monday (Jan. 16, 2023). To date, over 20 million mobile users in the country have registered their SIM cards since the program began on Dec. 27, 2022.(PNA photo by Robinson Ninal Jr.) MANILA - Over 20 million subscriber identity module (SIM) cards have so far been registered with the country's major telecommunication companies, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) reported on Monday. In a statement, DICT Spokesperson, Undersecretary Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo, said a total of 20,551,294 or 12.16 percent of the 168,977,773 active mobile subscribers in the country have been registered since the start of the SIM card registration law implementation on Dec. 27, 2022. Smart has so far registered 10,041,791 SIM cards or 14.77 of its 67,995,734 subscribers, DITO with 1,744,935 or 13.31 percent of its
SIM REGISTRATION. A mobile user was assisted by a Smart Telecommunications personnel through the SIM card registration process at the Smart store in SM City Davao on Monday (Jan. 16, 2023). To date, over 20 million mobile users in the country have registered their SIM cards since the program began on Dec. 27, 2022.(PNA photo by Robinson Ninal Jr.) MANILA - Over 20 million subscriber identity module (SIM) cards have so far been registered with the country's major telecommunication companies, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) reported on Monday. In a statement, DICT Spokesperson, Undersecretary Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo, said a total of 20,551,294 or 12.16 percent of the 168,977,773 active mobile subscribers in the country have been registered since the start of the SIM card registration law implementation on Dec. 27, 2022. Smart has so far registered 10,041,791 SIM cards or 14.77 of its 67,995,734 subscribers, DITO with 1,744,935 or 13.31 percent of its
DOH officer-in-charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) is still studying the amount of additional taxes to be levied on sweetened beverages and junk food. "Ito po 'yung pinag-aaralan pa rin natin sa ngayon, magkano 'yung kailangan pa natin dahil alam natin nakakakuha na tayo ng sin taxes from alcohol, from tobacco, from heated tobacco products and vape (This is what we are currently studying, how much do we still need because we know we get sin taxes from alcohol, tobacco and vape products)," said DOH officer-in-charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in an online media briefing on Friday. About 59 percent or PHP155 billion of the DOH's 2022 budget came from sin taxes, Vergeire noted. "So, ganito po 'yung gusto nating makita (this is what we want to see) in the coming years that these sin taxes can fund the different interventions that we do to provide Universal Health Care for everybody,"
MAGNA CUM LAUDE. Maria Clarizza Masangkay, 22, graduates magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in psychology from the Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) in Cavite on Thursday (July 7, 2022). She said she plans to "love, serve, and protect" the country after graduation through her mental health advocacy. (Photo courtesy of Maria Clarizza Masangkay) MANILA - Finishing tertiary education is deeply considered a milestone in one's life, let alone finishing this phase with flying colors while juggling part-time work alongside scholastic demands. But for 22-year-old Maria Clarizza Masangkay, family, determination, and endurance can move mountains, as she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) in Cavite. Masangkay belonged to the first batch of students under the senior high school program to graduate from college. But behind the grandeur of this honorary achievement, she admitted it was never an easy r