DepEd confirms death of Negros Occidental student in fraternity hazing
The Department of Education (DepEd) strongly condemned on Thursday the reported hazing incident that claimed the life of a Grade 10 student in San Enrique, Negros Occidental.
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The Department of Education (DepEd) strongly condemned on Thursday the reported hazing incident that claimed the life of a Grade 10 student in San Enrique, Negros Occidental.
Stressing that the city is prepared to help national government (NG) efforts to bring down Covid-19 cases in the country, Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto–Rubiano threw her support on Wednesday to the recommendation of Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to place Metro Manila under Alert Level 4 quarantine classification.
The Department of Education (DepEd) reported on Wednesday that enrollment has reached 26,308,875 for school year (SY) 2021-2022, which, data showed, is 100.3 percent of over last year’s 22,587,496.
A senator and member of the House of Representatives on Wednesday said that the Vaccination Act of 2021 allows the private sector and local government units (LGUs) to procure booster shots to address the growing clamor for added protection amid the emergence of Covid-19 variants and waning efficacy of vaccines.
‘Prostate cancer is a relatively silent disease in its early stages. Typically, symptoms like obstructed or too frequent urination, blood in the urine or other symptoms spread to other parts of the body like bone pain later in the course of the disease. Fortunately, we have ways to screen even symptomatic patients for the disease, to catch the disease in the early stages and prevent progression.”
Exposure to passive smoke has had a harmful effect on the health of many people, hence the need to reinforce Executive Order 26 titled “Providing for the Establishment of Smoke-Free Environments in Public and Enclosed Places.”
Stressing that it would serve as the “wheelchair” for their disabled industry, Restaurant Owners of the Philippines (Resto PH) group President Eric Teng on Monday expressed support to a Senate bill seeking to create a vaccine passport program.
WITH enrollment for basic education plunging by 66 percent, private school associations expressed hope the Senate will expedite the approval of a bill that aims to rectify a Bureau of Internal Revenue regulation imposing a 150-percent increase in taxes.
“WE are as ready as can be!”
THE Department of Health (DOH) on Monday logged a total of 20,745 additional Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,248,071.
There were 22,290 recoveries and 163 deaths.
Of the total number of cases, 8.0 percent (180,293) are active, 90.4 percent (2,032,471) have recovered, and 1.57 percent (35,307) died.
Forty-one duplicates were removed from the total case count. Of these, 30 are recoveries and one death.
Moreover, 60 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation.
All laboratories were operational on September 11, 2021 but five laboratories were not able to submit their data to the Covid-19 Document Repository System.
Based on data in the last 14 days, the five non-reporting labs contribute, on average, 1.2 percent of samples tested and 1.4 percent of positive individuals.
THE Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Sunday maintained that as “recipient” of some donations from agencies of the Philippine government, they have “faithfully accounted” for the use of such funds in compliance with the donor agencies’ liquidation and reportorial requirements.
THE Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Sunday maintained that as “recipient” of some donations from agencies of the Philippine government, they have “faithfully accounted” for the use of such funds in compliance with the donor agencies’ liquidation and reportorial requirements.
“These government agencies, in turn, are subject to annual audit by the Commission on Audit,” the PRC said in a statement, issued a day after President Duterte threatened to scrutinize the financial records of the humanitarian organization, through the Commission on Audit (COA), with respect to those funds coming from state agencies.
The Philippines hit a new record high number of confirmed daily Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic after logging 26,303 additional cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,296,021.
WITH over two dozen of their frontliners infected with Covid-19 in recent days, the Philippine Red Cross said Saturday their Logistics and Multi-purpose Center (PLMC) -Mandaluyong Swab and Saliva Sample Collection Center will cancel operations on Sunday (Sept 12), to disinfect facilities and address the reported increase of cases in the Sample Collection Units and Molecular Laboratories.
National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) Chairman Franklin Quijano is set to visit Francisca Susano, the oldest living person in the country and probably in the world, who will celebrate her 124th birthday today (September 11) in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental.
The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday said that it might consider the recommendation of the Metro Manila Council (MMC) to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to ease Covid-19 guidelines for fully vaccinated individuals in the National Capital Region (NCR).
Several business and professional organizations, schools and academic associations, on Friday has urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend the September 30, 2021, voter registration deadline by another month.
The Philippines broke its highest daily Covid-19 cases recorded since the start if the pandemic after logging 22, 820 additional cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,161,892.
In a bid to help boost the economy, the Metro Manila Council (MMC) on Thursday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to consider easing Covid-19 restrictions for fully-vaccinated individuals in the National Capital Region (NCR).
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano has assured the city’s businessmen that
the city government is meeting the challenges of the pandemic to make businesses in Pasay thrive.
Despite the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Union Delegation to the Philippines said the pursuit of higher education should not stop.
Essential Intrapartum Newborn Care (EINC) or Unang Yakap is more important now more than ever in protecting mothers and newborns, especially among mothers who are suspected or confirmed for Covid-19 exposure or infection.
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Tuesday called on Malacañang to create a task force (TF) that will address the dearth in the supply of medicines that can prevent deaths from Covid-19 complications owing to the scarcity of Tocilizumab and other anti-pneumonia drugs.
Recto said that the task force shall include diplomats and taipans who may be able to solve the shortage of these drugs made scarce by the ongoing surge in the number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients.
“Tap those who can help, from diplomats to businessmen with excellent global connections. They may have the personal contacts that bureaucrats do not have,” Recto said in a news statement as he expressed belief that while global supply of Tocilizumab is tight. “The problem can be solved by our best minds,” the senator said.
Funding
As to funding, Recto said “there are billions in reserve in the P151.64 billion Unprogrammed Fund, whose release can be triggered by the ongoing government borrowings.”
He also pushed for an increase in the proposed P29.97 billion Department of Health (DOH) budget for medicines and vaccines next year so that the likes of Tocilizumab and Remdesivir can be included in the shopping list.
And once these medicines are bought, he said, they should be subjected to proper storage and distributed efficiently in order to prevent spoilage.
He stressed that the scarcity of critical drugs should not be aggravated by the government’s poor procurement practice of drugs and the mishandling of the supply chain.
He said some P9.5 billion worth of government medicines was wasted due to expiration, unuse, and poor warehousing from 2016 to 2020.
“Money we have been losing to medicine spoilage can buy many Tocilizumabs,” he said.
“This ‘red flag’ has been a regular feature of the annual audit reports on the agency by the Commission on Audit (COA),” Recto said.
The national government’s budget for the procurement of medicines and vaccines averaged P15.39 billion annually from 2016 to 2020.
For next year, DOH is asking P29.97 billion to restock government pharmacies.
“Of course, it is unreasonable to expect that every pill and every liquid medicine will be consumed to the last drop. But the problem, according to COA, is that many drugs were never even sent to hospitals,” Recto said.
Baricitinib
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, meanwhile, assured that they expecting more supplies of Tocilizumab this September.
Due to the shortage of Tocilizumab, Duque said, they are looking into the possibility of using Baricitinib as the replacement of the anti-inflammatory drug.
Earlier, DOH admitted that they are facing challenges in sourcing Tocilizumab, which is manufactured in Sweden.
DOH had already sought the assistance of Philippine embassies in Switzerland and the United States in securing even just a portion of their reserve allocations.
On the other hand, Duque said, that there is still enough supply of Remdesivir, another Covid-19 drug, until December this year.
THE Department of Health asserted on Tuesday that the personal protective equipment (PPE) sets it procured from the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) are cheaper and on a par with World Health Organization (WHO) standards.
In a statement, the DOH said the PPE sets include nine components such as coverall suits, gloves, N95 mask, head cover, shoe cover, surgical mask, surgical gown, apron and face shield.
“Moreover, despite the high level of demand and limited global supply, the PPE sets were procured at a much lower cost than pre-Covid19 prices. The DOH was able to procure the PPE sets from PS-DBM at a price ranging from P 1,700 to less than P2,000. They were also cheaper than the DOH’s allocated budget of P 2,000 per unit as contained in the Purchase Request (PR) to the PS-DBM.”
The DOH issued the clarification as Health Secretary Francisco Duque III continued to face grilling from senators at the fourth hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee, now inquiring into the Commission on Audit report on DOH’s 2020 pandemic-response purchases.
The Philippines has again logged a record-high of daily Covid-19 cases at 22,415, the highest daily number of infections recorded since the pandemic began. This brings the total number of cases in the country to 2,103,331.
FOR three consecutive days, the Department of Health (DOH) has recorded over 20,000 new Covid-19 cases. The total number of infections in the country on Sunday stood at 2,080,984.
THE Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday reported it has disbursed P14.3-billion worth of benefits for health-care workers (HCWs) as of September 3, 2021, covering the period of September 15 to December 19, 2020 and December 20, 2020 to June 30, 2021.
For three consecutive days, the Department of Health (DOH) has recorded over 20,000 new Covid-19 cases. The total number of infections in the country on Sunday stood at 2,080,984.
The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday logged 20,741 additional Covid-19 cases, the second-highest daily number of infections recorded since the start of the pandemic, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 2,061,084.
The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday defended the purchase of ambulances that Sen. Panfilo Lacson alleged were “overpriced” at P2.5 million per unit.
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