Medicine board topnotcher wants better treatment for frontliners Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Sep 27 09:51 AM The treatment of healthcare workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic is 'difficult to stomach,' said the topnotcher of the September 2021 Physician’s Licensure Exam. Read more »
Paid quarantine leave for workers sought ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Sep 23 12:57 PM A senator said Thursday he has filed a bill seeking a 28-day paid quarantine leave for public and private employees exposed to highly contagious diseases or dangerous chemicals while at work. Read more »
Give your employees additional health protection Maxicare Healthcare CorporationPosted at Sep 22 04:22 PM Companies and SME owners can now give extra health care protection to their staff with Maxicare Hospicash. Read more »
'Pag-IBIG dapat alisin ang parusa sa mga di makabayad ng kontribusyon' ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Sep 22 08:35 PM Humihirit ang mga negosyante sa Pag-IBIG Fund na tanggalin ang pentalty ng mga employer na hindi nakabayad ng kontribusyon ng mga manggagawa. Read more »
DOH budget must be 10 pct of GDP: health workers ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Sep 21 02:46 PM The Department of Health’s (DOH) budget for 2022 must be 10 percent of the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP), a group of health workers said. Read more »
DOF: SSS released P2.62-B unemployment benefits ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Sep 21 01:43 PM About 196,000 SSS members received P2.62 billion in unemployment benefits, most of which were released during the COVID-19 pandemic, the DOF said. Read more »
Kaltas sa 2022 budget ng public hospitals kinondena ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Sep 20 07:29 PM Kinaltasan ang pondo ng mga pampublikong ospital at wala ring inilaan para sa COVID-19 benefits ng health workers. Read more »
Health workers groups slam budget cut in hospitals ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Sep 15 10:07 PM The Alliance of Health Workers decried what it says as government’s lack of priority for public health, as supposedly seen in the budget cuts that hospitals would suffer next year. Read more »
Denmark wants migrants to work for welfare benefits Agence France-PressePosted at Sep 08 09:15 AM COPENHAGEN - Migrants in Denmark will be told to complete 37 hours' work a week in order to receive welfare benefits, the government said on Tuesday. Read more »
Health workers: Benefits first before building memorial ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Sep 03 10:13 AM Health-care workers on Friday called on the government to prioritize payments of delayed benefits instead of building a memorial wall. Read more »
'Pondo sa memorial wall ng health workers, idagdag na lang pang-benepisyo' ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Sep 02 07:17 PM Balak ng gobyernong magtayo ng memorial wall para bigyang pugay ang mga pumanaw na health worker sa pandemya. Read more »
THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 1, 2021 ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Sep 01 11:47 PM Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »
No SRA in 2022 budget, funds in pending Bayanihan 3—DOH RG Cruz, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Sep 01 03:13 PM The Department of Health said Wednesday there were no funds for the special risk allowance of health care workers in the 2022 budget as allocations are lodged in the pending third Bayanihan emergency law. Read more »
Pagbibitiw sa puwesto ni Duque hiling ng health workers ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Sep 01 07:12 PM Ipinanawagan ng mga health worker ang pagbibitiw sa puwesto ni Health Secretary Francisco Duque III sa malawakang protestang idinaos nila ngayong Miyerkoles. Read more »
‘Duque, panagutin’ George Calvelo, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Sep 01 01:29 PM Health workers from different hospitals gather in front of the DOH headquarters in Sta. Cruz, Manila on Wednesday for a protest action. Read more »
Nurse: Health workers parang laging namamalimos ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Sep 01 12:13 PM Magsasagawa ng kilos-protesta ang mga health-care worker sa tanggapan ng DOH nitong Miyerkoles dahil sa delayed na benepisyo mula sa gobyerno. Read more »
'Not P5000': Nurses decry meager special risk allowance Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Sep 01 11:30 AM No nurse has received P5,000 as a special risk allowance (SRA) for working during the COVID-19 pandemic, the leader of a nurses group said Wednesday. Read more »
Malawakang kilos-protesta ikakasa ng mga health worker ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Sep 01 11:28 AM Maglulunsad ng malawakang kilos-protesta ang health-care workers sa Maynila para igiit ang mga benepisyong ipinangako sa kanila ng pamahalaan. Read more »
THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 31, 2021 ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Sep 01 12:26 AM Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »
RITM health workers hold protest, noise barrage Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Aug 31 07:09 PM Health workers protest during their lunch break at the RITM criticizing the DOH and the Duterte administration for non-release of COVID-19 benefits. Read more »