According to Vergeire, aside from the donated PPE, pieces of hospital-acquired PPE may be charged to patients during the COVID-19 health emergency response period as per Department Memorandum 2020-0269.
"It (One Hospital Command) has given a breather to our healthcare system... We saw the healthcare utilization rate has gone down to level that's still in the warning level but the healthcare system was able to manage and we're able to open units in hospitals to accommodate patients."
The Canlaon District Hospital in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental has temporarily shut down after one of its staff had come into contact with a person who tested positive for the COVID-19.
All courts in Cebu City are physically closed for two days this week to give way for the disinfection and containment measures after a witness who appeared in a Regional Trial Court branch tested positive for coronavirus.
“The President is not interested in extending his term and he leaves it to the Filipino people, the sovereign people to decide if they want to amend the Constitution to suspend elections.”
Police clearance booths will soon be put up in all SM malls nationwide to make the issuance of police clearance faster and more convenient to the transacting public.
PAGASA warns Ilocos residents to get ready for the impact of La Niña, which is likely to affect the northern part of Luzon during the last quarter of the year.
Angara pushes for the holding of early voting for close to 10 million senior citizens and PWDs to ensure greater participation in the electoral process and to reduce the risks on their health due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We can deploy learner support aides immediately to low risk areas. We just need to make sure that they will pass rigorous health tests or health standards."
The Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital Molecular Laboratory in Silay City, Negros Occidental has increased its COVID-19 testing capacity to 1,300 samples daily!
“Maybe at least for 2021, let us give utmost priority to the budgets of the DOH and DSWD... Let us give priority to our social service sector in order to address the pandemic.”
Manila City's program to give each of its 150,000 senior citizens a pack of the nutritious black and red organic rice this Christmas has given Mindanao rice farmers a reason to rejoice.
"Ang mga guro ay parang mga sundalong ipapadala natin sa digmaan. Kung hindi natin sisiguruhin ang kanilang kaligtasan, mawawalan sila ng kumpiyansa at hindi tayo magtatagumpay sa pagpapatupad ng distance learning."
At least PHP8 million have been allocated for the "Iron Rice for Nutrition and Overall Wellness (NOW)" project in Bukidnon, to produce iron-fortified rice to help address the incidence of anemia in the province.
Pangilinan calls on the DepEd to intensify the hiring of teachers to ensure that positions funded by the current 2020 budget and its upcoming 2021 appropriations are filled.
Holcim Philippines will roll out its SFCrete road repair solution outside Metro Manila to help partners lessen disruption from rehabilitation of busy urban thoroughfares.
Locally stranded individuals entering Sipalay City, Negros Occidental are restrained from doing so temporarily due to limited space in its quarantine facility.