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Gov't bares plan to acquire emergency response vehicles

Jeck Batallones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 08:06 PM

DND officer-in-charge Senior Undersecretary Jose Faustino, Jr. said Monday that the government plans to acquire emergency response vehicles for its regional offices. Read more »

NKTI not closing emergency room amid influx of patients

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 25 10:25 AM

The National Kidney and Transplant Institute is not closing its emergency room despite a recent influx of patients and an ongoing staffing shortage. Read more »

NKTI emergency room hits full capacity

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 04:37 PM

The National Kidney and Transplant Institute advised the public to look for other hospitals as their emergency room had reached full capacity. Read more »

Marcos Jr.’s action on health workers’ benefits sought

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 04:03 PM

A health workers’ group on Sunday asked President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to take action on the government’s obligation to give health workers their benefits mandated by law. Read more »

Health workers hope unpaid benefits out before Christmas

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 18 04:29 PM

A group of healthcare workers is hoping that the government will release their delayed COVID-19 benefits before Christmas. Read more »

DOH pushes passage of public health emergency law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 08:31 PM

The DOH is pushing a measure that will allow government to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic once the state of calamity expires by the end of the year. Read more »

COP27: UN climate summit gets underway in Egypt

Khaled Elfiqi, EPA-EFE
Posted at Nov 09 09:37 PM

COP27 runs from November 6 to 18, and is expected to host one of the largest number of participants in the annual global climate conference. Read more »

Climate debt settlement pushed

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 11:26 AM

Climate advocates called on governments of rich, industrialized countries to deliver immediate climate reparations for developing countries that are bearing the brunt of climate change. Read more »

Hundreds join cycling event to address climate change

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 11:18 AM

Hundreds of cyclists across Metro Manila took part in the Pedal for the People and Planet event on Sunday, calling for climate reparations. Read more »

Sunak to urge world leaders to go 'further, faster' on climate emergency

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 09:13 AM

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will urge world leaders to move "further and faster" in transitioning away from damaging fossil fuels in a speech Monday to the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt, his office said. Read more »

Monkeypox still global health emergency: WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 02 06:10 AM

Experts said that while some progress had been made in reining in the disease, it was too soon to declare the emergency over. Read more »

Bill standardizing salary, benefits for rescue workers eyed

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 01:02 PM

A bill seeking to set a minimum wage and a standard set of benefits for rescue workers is set to be filed in the House of Representatives, a lawmaker said on Saturday as typhoon Paeng battered 16 out of 17 regions in the Philippines. Read more »

Tips for saving up for emergencies

Aneth Ng-Lim
Posted at Oct 19 08:00 AM

Financial experts will always say the more the better, so we zeroed in on the lowest amount possible. Read more »

WHO eyes end of COVID health emergency by end of 2022

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 06:12 PM

WHO is planning to end the global health emergency on COVID-19 by the end of 2022, but there is still much more work to be done, an official said. Read more »

Wakas ng 'global health emergency' vs. COVID, napapanahon na?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 07:16 PM

Pinag-usapan ng emergency commitee ng World Health Organization kung napapanahon na bang tapusin ang global health emergency bunsod ng COVID-19. Read more »

WHO begins to reassess highest alert for COVID-19

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 02:02 PM

The WHO Emergency Committee on COVID-19 on Friday started deliberations on whether the pandemic still warrants the highest level of alert. Read more »

DOH eyes release of health workers' COVID-19 allowance next week

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 04:17 PM

The health workers are entitled to receive P5,000 for every month they are serving during the period of state of national emergency, the DBM said. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 28, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 11:34 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

DOH, DBM questioned for non-release of COVID-19 benefits

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 05:27 PM

Health workers call out the Department of Health and Department of Budget and Management for the non-release of their promised COVID-19 benefits. Read more »

Marcos urged to declare climate emergency after Karding

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 09:51 AM

An environmental group has called on the Philippine government to declare a climate emergency following the onslaught of Typhoon Karding. Read more »