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Pinay nurse gives grandmother, 90, first Covid jab as UK starts vaccine drive
Nurses cheered on Tuesday as a 90-year-old grandmother in Britain became the first person in the Western world to receive an approved vaccine against Covid-19, at the start of a marathon campaign health officials hope heralds a fight-back against the pandemic.
December 8, 2020
11:55 pm
Headlines
Palace confirms lifting of health worker deployment ban, migration limit
Malacañang has confirmed the lifting of deployment ban on health workers.
November 23, 2020
1:09 pm
Politiko Global
Health chief ‘sorry’ for sexist remark about nurses
Spain’s health emergency chief said Tuesday he was sorry for a throwaway sexist comment that outraged the national nurses’ guild, prompting the government to demand that he apologise.
November 4, 2020
8:09 am
Snitch Network
Let 400k nurses work abroad! PH hospitals can employ only 89k nurses, Ejercito says
Former Senator JV Ejercito has appealed to the government to lift the ban on the overseas deployment of Filipino nurses. Making his argument on Facebook,
September 20, 2020
9:56 pm
Politiko Lokal
Paolo Duterte backs decent minimum wage for nurses in private hospitals: P9,757 a month is way too low
Presidential son and Deputy Speaker for Political Affairs Paolo Duterte is pushing for a minimum wage for private hospital nurses which can match the basic salaries of their counterparts abroad.
September 13, 2020
6:37 pm
Features
Duterte yet to decide on nurses’ deployment ban
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases is discussing the appeal of healthcare workers to lift the overseas deployment ban, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said.
September 13, 2020
12:34 pm
Politiko TV
WATCH | Harry Roque bats for pay hike for both private and gov’t nurses
Palace Spokesman Harry Roque is proposing for an adjustment in salaries of nurses in the Philippines.
September 3, 2020
4:33 pm
Features
Ban on overseas deployment of Filipino healthcare workers stays
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has decided to keep its ban on the deployment ban of health workers abroad despite an appeal from nurses to allow them to leave the country for jobs overseas.
August 20, 2020
5:40 pm
Politiko TV
WATCH | Nangunsensya pa! Country first, Palace to nurses pursuing an overseas career
Malacañang on Thursday appealed to Filipino health workers’ sense of patriotism following their appeal to lift the deployment ban so they can go back to work.
August 20, 2020
4:48 pm
Politiko TV
WATCH | Join PNP for higher pay, Duterte tells nurses
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday encouraged nurses to join the Philippine National Police for better salaries.
August 3, 2020
12:05 pm
Features
Join PNP for higher pay, Duterte tells nurses
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday encouraged nurses to join the Philippine National Police (PNP) for better salaries.
August 3, 2020
10:14 am
Politiko Lokal
What about the rest? 2 SC justice undergo COVID-19 rapid test
Only two Supreme Court (SC) justices availed themselves for testing for the 2019 coronavirus (COVID) on Tuesday (May 26).
May 27, 2020
6:37 pm
Politiko Lokal
156 new Covid-19 cases reported in PH
The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday reported 156 new cases of coronavirus infections in the Philippines, bringing the total to 8,928.
May 2, 2020
7:23 pm
Politiko Lokal
COVID cases reach 7,777
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reported 198 new persons infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 7,777.
April 27, 2020
7:46 pm
Politiko Global
PH doctors play god: Struggle, fear and heartbreak for medical staff on virus frontliner
Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers have become the unwitting heroes of the coronavirus pandemic, winning applause from balconies and streets around the world.
April 15, 2020
12:52 pm
Features
Parahin n’yo! Duterte orders police to bring medical workers to their doorsteps during curfew
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police to make sure that all doctors and nurses would get to their homes especially during curfew hours.
April 14, 2020
4:49 pm
Features
Doctors, nurses with existing contracts abroad can now leave – IATF
Healthcare workers with overseas work contracts as of March 8 will be allowed for deployment abroad, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases said.
April 14, 2020
11:04 am
Headlines
We’ll fight sh*t for brains! Locsin declares war on Bello over deployment ban for doctors, nurses
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin Jr. vowed Saturday (April 11) to fight the deployment ban for healthcare workers that was approved by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.
April 11, 2020
11:52 am
Headlines
Kailangan para sa COVID-19: POEA bans doctors, nurses from leaving PH
The Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) has banned doctors and other health care workers from leaving the country as hospitals’ resources are strained due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.
April 10, 2020
6:16 pm
Politiko Lokal
POEA suspends deployment of Filipino health workers
The Philippine government has temporarily suspended the overseas deployment of health care workers amid the state of public health emergency in the country due to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
April 6, 2020
8:29 pm
Politiko Lokal
Ping gets kudos for silently facilitating PPE donation to SLMC front-liners
Sen. Panfilo Lacson received kudos over the weekend for facilitating the donation of personal protective equipment (PPEs) for nurses at St. Luke’s Medical Center.
April 4, 2020
9:01 am
Politiko Lokal
Barya lang ang P500: Castelo urges DOH to permanently hire medical volunteers for COVID pandemic
Quezon City Rep. Precious Castelo has urged the Department of Health (DOH) to hire as permanent employees hundreds of doctors and nurses who have volunteered to help the government fight the coronavirus pandemic.
April 3, 2020
12:41 pm
Features
Bakit volunteers lang? Nurses group urges Duterte to spend P5B for mass hiring of 47k nurses for 3-month emergency
The Filipino Nurses United is urging President Rodrigo Duterte to conduct a mass hiring of nurses to to meet the projected 75,000 COVID-19 cases over the next three months.
March 28, 2020
2:25 pm
Politiko Lokal
Pay them more to stay! Lagman seeks ban on foreign deployment of Pinoy doctors, nurses
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman is invoking patriotism and self-protection in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 28, 2020
10:51 am
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