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Palace slams Alejano 'misinformation' on Duterte health

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 08:09 PM

Malacañang on Sunday alleged that politics is behind the supposed "misinformation" propagated by Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano on President Rodrigo Duterte's health. Read more »

OPINION: With Duterte, the Filipino people are also in perpetual pain

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Aug 25 02:29 AM

President Duterte showed up in Cebu last Tuesday at the conference of the League of Municipalities Visayas island cluster walking and as usual, blustering, effectively squelching rumors that he was gravely ill and in coma, as shared by Netherlands-based Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding Chairman Jose Maria Sison. Read more »

Worker's safety law IRR out by November: labor department

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 09:38 PM

Hundred of workers have been killed and injured "because of poor enforcement of labor laws and most of all the non-compliance of employers to occupational safety and health," says a TUCP official. Read more »

Volunteers step forward: Scientists look for poo donors

Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 09:34 PM

GHENT, Belgium - Belgian scientists are looking for people to donate their feces to help with research into illnesses ranging from bowel disorders and allergies to neurological diseases. Read more »

USAID launches 2 new projects to help PH fight vs tuberculosis

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 03:52 PM

The programs will also enhance tuberculosis prevention and treatment measures in local government units. Read more »

Zero tolerance: No safe level of alcohol, study says

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 24 12:47 PM

Even an occasional glass of wine or beer increases the risk of health problems and dying, according to a major study on drinking in 195 nations that attributes 2.8 million premature deaths worldwide each year to booze. Read more »

Healthy desserts sa Baguio, swak sa mga health-conscious

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 03:33 AM

Sa mga health conscious, may puwedeng kainan sa Baguio kung saan ang cake, ice cream, at iba pang dessert ay hindi sinasangkapan ng asukal, itlog, at gatas mula sa hayop. Read more »

Dark shadow over PH health budget

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 23 08:29 PM

Patients arrive at the emergency room of the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila on Thursday. Read more »

Solons hit budget cuts on basic services, increase in military and police funding

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 05:43 PM

MANILA - Makabayan bloc lawmakers on Thursday expressed concern over increased spending on the military and police under the proposed 2019 budget despite cuts in funding for basic services. Read more »

Formalin-laced galunggong alarms PH officials

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 23 10:32 AM

The health department and fisheries bureau on Thursday said they were on the lookout against imported galunggong or round scad that were allegedly tainted with formalin. Read more »

Palace says Duterte is fine, won't hide health status

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 07:31 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Wednesday assured the public that President Rodrigo Duterte will follow the Constitution and disclose the status of his health if he is afflicted with a serious illness, amid lingering rumors about the chief executive’s health. Read more »

'Masamang damo 'yan': Trillanes dismisses rumors on Duterte's health

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 07:20 PM

Trillanes said he suspects that the "coma gimmick" may have even come from the President's camp. Read more »

'Physically or in ashes': Joma vows to return to PH someday

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 22 06:09 PM

MANILA- Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria "Joma" Sison vowed on Wednesday to return to the Philippines dead or alive. Read more »

Joma di hihingi ng tawad kay Duterte sa balitang 'comatose'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 22 08:49 PM

Nilinaw din ni Joma Sison na hindi niya gustong magkasakit si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte dahil kailangan pa nitong humarap sa paglilitis para sa mga krimeng nagawa nito sa bayan. Read more »

NZ's Minister for Women gives birth to baby boy after cycling to hospital

Charlotte Greenfield, Reuters
Posted at Aug 22 07:30 AM

New Zealand's Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter announced on Wednesday that she had delivered her first child, a baby boy, after cycling to hospital and becoming the country's second member of the government, after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, to give birth this year.   Read more »

Duterte says he's in perpetual pain due to spinal injury

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 06:17 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he is perpetually in pain due to a spinal injury he suffered from a motorcycle accident. Read more »

Moderate 'bad cholesterol' levels linked to early death

Reuters
Posted at Aug 21 11:56 PM

Healthy adults who don’t keep their LDL-C, or “bad cholesterol,” in check are more likely to die prematurely from cardiovascular disease than peers with lower cholesterol levels, a U.S. study suggests.   Read more »

Duterte tells Sison: Matagal pa ako

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 09:34 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he expects to have a long life as he blasted anew communist leader Jose Ma. Sison for spreading an unverified report that he had fallen into coma. Read more »

PCOO official on Duterte's health: 'He's very strong at 73'

Hernel Tocmo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 21 09:24 PM

DAVAO CITY - Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy on Tuesday said President Rodrigo Duterte is still "very strong at 73," belying communist leader Jose Maria Sison's claim that the President fell seriously ill recently.  Read more »

Fight the stigma: Filipino moms encouraged to breastfeed babies

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 06:39 PM

Here's why breastfeeding is important. Read more »