LAOAG: The Ilocos Region wants to achieve 95 percent immunization coverage of children, hence it is intensifying catch-up vaccination.
Department of Health Director Dr. Paula Paz Sydiongco said Tuesday that they are actively reaching out to bring imm…
MANILA: The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is looking forward to the country’s first and solo hosting of the FIVB Men’s World Championship next year.
The world’s top 32 teams, including host Philippines, are competing in the men’s wor…
MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday said it is considering the possible extension of the import ban on onions considering the stable volume of local production.
In an interview, DA Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said the current …
CEBU: The Department of Health (DOH) has strengthened its #711 call center for easier and faster referral of patients needing immediate health care in Central Visayas, a health official said Tuesday during the Bagong Pilipinas forum.
Dr. Jaime Bernad…
MANILA: The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized the private yacht allegedly used to transport the PHP9.6 billion worth of shabu which was intercepted at a checkpoint in Alitagtag, Batangas last April.
In a news release Tuesday, the BOC said its officers f…
CAGAYAN DE ORO: The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) on Tuesday commended three local government units (LGUs) in Misamis Oriental for implementing measures to simplify doing business with the government.
ARTA Secretary Ernesto Perez personally gave the…
TACLOBAN: The Department of Health (DOH) regional office said providing anti-venom vaccines in provinces remains a big challenge due to limited stocks amid rising snake bite cases, an official said on Tuesday.
DOH Eastern Visayas Regional Director Ex…
CEBU: Acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia on Tuesday vowed to have more villages cleared of illegal drugs through inter-agency anti-drug campaign programs to be implemented with the private sector.
Garcia likewise encouraged more villages to vie for dr…
MANILA: The Philippine Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) wants to increase local manufacturers’ share in government procurement from the current less than 5 percent to 50 percent by 2030 at the earliest.
PPMA president Higinio Porte Jr….