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Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:27:00 +0800COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila may rise to 1,000 a day — OCTA
Despite the spike in cases, a significant increase in healthcare utilization rate is not expected, the research group stressed.
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:53:00 +0800Duterte Youth asks SC to review, block and void Guanzon substitution as party-list rep
Petitioners from the Duterte Youth party-list are asking the Supreme Court to block and ultimately void the proclamation of former poll commissioner Rowena Guanzon.
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:21:00 +0800Luzon grid on yellow alert as power plants forced to shut down
A yellow alert is placed over the grid when reserves fall below ideal levels.
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:58:00 +0800Embassy in Wellington, POLO assist family of Filipino killed in road accident
Local authorities said the accident killed seven people who were on board the van, including a child and the driver, and injured two.
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:05:00 +0800DOH OKs COVID-19 booster for 12-17 year olds
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire confirmed that Secretary Francisco Duque III has signed the recommendation of the Health Technology Assessment Council.
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:31:00 +0800DILG wants registration system for kasambahays due to low turnout
“There is more work to be done in the barangays in imploring better kasambahay registration turnout only. We direct our Punong Barangays to be more proactive in instituting a registration system for our helpers as it is critical to ensuring that th...
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:10:00 +0800Higher pay, regularization needed to address exodus of nurses
In a statement Monday evening, Filipino Nurses United renewed its call to increase the entry salary of both public and private nurses to P50,000, hire more healthcare workers and to regularize contractual nurses, including job order nurses, Nurse Dep...
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0800Go to tap Duterte as legal adviser
Sen. Bong Go has asked President Duterte to be his legal adviser after Duterte steps down from office on June 30.
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0800NTF-ELCAC hits UN rapporteur’s ‘baseless’ accusations
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict hit yesterday UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor over her “baseless” accusations against the Philippine government.
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0800Lakas-CMD re-emerging as dominant party
As expected after a presidential election, membership in the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan party of outgoing President Duterte has started to dwindle, and the once powerful Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats political party is re-e...