Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 04:28:07 +0000
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said an investigation into the non-distribution of expired and near expiring medicines is already underway.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:28:45 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — A pharmaceutical company owned by the family of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III earned millions of pesos from several government contracts from the Department of Health (DOH) for the supply of medicines in public hospitals, official documents obtained by the Inquirer and shared by Sen. Panfilo Lacson showed.
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 22:15:57 +0000
In his last days as mayor of Janiuay town in Iloilo, Jose “Jojo” de Paula focused his energies on the cleanup of villages ahead of the rainy season and the anticipated annual rise of dengue cases.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:30:57 +0000
A state of calamity has been declared in Zamboanga Sibugay province in Mindanao following a sharp rise in dengue cases
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:30:47 +0000
The Department of Health (DOH) declared a national dengue alert on Monday after the viral illness claimed the lives of at least 450 people
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 21:35:55 +0000
MANILA, Philippines Sen. Richard Gordon is pushing for a measure that will give nurses higher and just wages.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 21:22:21 +0000
Parents’ aversion to having their children vaccinated due to the Dengvaxia scare is finally over, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 04:36:07 +0000
The number of children suffering from intestinal parasitic worm infection in Bicol has reached an alarming level, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 11:35:06 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Saturday denied that he would want Health Secretary Francisco Duque III removed from his post. However, he noted in a text message to INQUIRER.net that letting Duque keep his post would be “an indictment of our system of double standard in our government which is wrong because […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:46:27 +0000
Health Secretary Francisco Duque has reminded critics that the case against him for the alleged misuse of OWWA funds has long been dismissed.
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