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DOH funding for COVID response gets cut

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 12:02 AM

The Philippine health department is poised to get a bigger budget next year. Read more »

2023 budget para sa COVID-19, health worker benefits tinapyasan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 07:58 PM

Bagaman bahagyang tumaas ang 2023 budget ng Department of Health, kinaltasan naman ang para sa COVID-19, ilang sakit at benepisyo ng health workers. Read more »

Alert levels 'di aalisin habang walang bagong classification

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Updated as of Jul 19 08:23 PM

Nagpasya umano si Pangulong Marcos na panatilihin ang alert level system habang wala pang nailalatag na bagong COVID-19 classification ang DOH. Read more »

DOH's Vergeire wants COVID vax sites in schools

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 11:31 AM

DOH OIC Maria Rosario Vergeire on Friday said she wants COVID-19 vaccination sites in schools to boost the government's COVID prevention program. Read more »

DILG failed to spend P577-M COVID funds in 2021: COA

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 05 01:15 PM

The Commission on Audit said the DILG was unable to utilize P577 million worth of funds intended for COVID-19 response. Read more »

BALIKAN: Naging matagumpay ba ang pandemic response ni Duterte?

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Posted at Jun 28 08:20 PM

Paano nga ba tinugunan ng pamahalaan ang krisis ng pandemya at ano ang mga hamong haharapin ng papasok na administrasyon? Read more »

OCD explains unused funds

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Posted at Jun 22 12:10 PM

The Office of Civil Defense explained its unused funds for disaster relief and COVID-19 response, which state auditors recently flagged. Read more »

COA flags OCD's low spending on disaster, COVID-19 funds

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 07:36 PM

COA has flagged the Office of Defense's low utilization rate of its humanitarian and disaster relief operations and COVID-19 response funds for 2021. Read more »

Debt could've been higher if not for fiscal discipline: DOF

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Updated as of Jun 06 04:41 PM

The national debt could have reached P15.4 trillion in 2022 but President Rodrigo Duterte's administration prevented this through "fiscal discipline", an official said. Read more »

Marcos Jr. ipinapanukala ang hiwalay na bus, tren sa unvaccinated

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 09:18 PM

Ipinapanukala niyang sa halip na hindi pasakayin sa pampublikong transportasyon, bigyan na lang sila ng hiwalay na masasakyan. Read more »

Presidential bets tinalakay ang COVID-19 response ng bansa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 09:31 PM

Pinagtuunan ng mga tumatakbong pangulo ang mainit na isyu ng "no vaccine, no ride" policy at iba pang kaugnay na COVID-19 response. Read more »

Pilipinas di na kulelat sa COVID resiliency ranking

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Posted at Dec 23 10:28 PM

Umakyat na ang puwesto ng Pilipinas sa pinakabagong COVID-19 Resilience Ranking ng Bloomberg. Read more »

Isko: Gamot, kagamitan para sa COVID response dagdagan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 08:49 PM

Dapat dagdagan ng pamahalaan ang mga kagamitan at gamot kaugnay ng COVID-19 response, ayon kay Isko Moreno. Read more »

'Tugon ng gobyerno sa pandemya bumubuti'

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Updated as of Dec 08 07:46 PM

Naniniwala ang isang dating adviser ng gobyerno na bumuti na ang tugon ng pamahalaan sa COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

PH jumps 46 spots in Nikkei Asia COVID recovery index

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Posted at Dec 07 05:28 PM

After months of languishing near the bottom, the Philippines jumped 46 spots in the latest Nikkei Asia COVID-19 Recovery Index. Read more »

COVID-19 resilience ranking 'di patas: Duque

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Updated as of Dec 01 08:12 PM

Tinawag ngayong Miyerkoles na hindi patas ni Health Secretary Francisco Duque III ang panibagong COVID-19 resilience ranking ng Bloomberg. Read more »

Complaint filed vs Cebu gov over COVID-19 response

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Posted at Nov 22 07:08 PM

A party-list group on Monday filed before the Office of the Ombudsman administrative cases against Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia, citing her response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

NEDA unveils own scorecard for pandemic response

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 05:49 PM

The government unveiled its own scorecard for gauging the effectiveness of its COVID-19 pandemic response after getting dismal rankings in global pandemic indexes. Read more »

Robredo proposes 'ambitious' P500-B COVID response plan

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 07:09 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday gave more details about her "ambitious" COVID-19 response plan that requires at least P500 billion for the payment of all government debts in hospitals and the establishment of a "modern network" for the distribution of cash aid, among other programs. Read more »

Robredo unveils 'clear, expanded, and strategic' COVID-19 response

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 09:42 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday unveiled her COVID-19 response plan that could free Filipinos from strict lockdowns and lapses in the country's health care system. Read more »