Tag: COVID-19 Updates
News and analysis on the COVID-19 pandemic
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In Davao, some folks are hesitant over optional wearing of face masks
As many have welcomed the national government’s move to allow the optional wearing of face masks outdoors through Pres. Ferdinand ... -
FACT CHECK: President Duterte falsely claims that the CPP is behind vaccine hesitancy in Southern ...
On April 11, PTV Channel 4 broadcasted President Rodrigo Duterte’s pre-recorded “Talk to the People” speech where he blamed the ... -
Covid-positive OFWs in HK forced to stay in parks in cold weather
A number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who have tested positive of Covid-19 are being terminated, abandoned and forced to ... -
Nang matapos na ang pandemya
Kailangan maalala ng gobyerno na ang obligasyon nito sa mga Pilipino ay sistematikong tugon at suporta, hindi paninisi at parusa. -
SPMC, Davao COVID-19 task force, needs more personnel amidst surge
Both the city of government of Davao and Southern Philippine Medical Center (SPMC) are experiencing difficulties to hire more personnel ... -
‘No vax, no ride,’ a burden to Filipino workers
When Rocel Deomampo, 48, a security guard for five years, heard of the news that unvaccinated Filipinos will not be ... -
‘Hard enough to be sick, harder to lose income’ | The cost of isolation for ...
“Almost all of the expenses were taken from our savings. Aside from this, it is taking a constant toll on ... -
Testing is still vital in fight against COVID-19, public health advocates tell DOH
A group of public health advocates is calling on the Department of Health to revisit its proposed shift in the ... -
Payong Ligal: Bakuna, mental helth, at benefits ng health workers (September 15, 2021)
Tama bang hindi papasukin sa trabaho kung wala pang bakuna? 'Yan ang sasagutin nina Atty Neri Colmenares at Atty VJ ... -
As PH battles Delta variant, disease surveillance to get lower budget in 2022
A group of public health advocates warned that the reduced budget for the epidemiology and disease surveillance programs will “set ...
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