Philippines – Many frontliners in Cavite and graduated class of the Asian Institute of Management are supporting Vice President Leni Robredo’s leader. More than 700 specialists, medical attendants and other frontliners from Cavite have up to this point marked a declaration of help for Robredo and her running mate Sen. Kiko Pangilinan, saying they can never again remain quiet as …

PETALING JAYA: The majority of the 22,000 contract medical officers who received letters upgrading them from UD41 to UD43 over the last week will not receive a pay raise because their current pay exceeds the new scale’s starting pay. Several doctors claimed that their basic pay is currently RM3,622, while the starting salary for the UD43 grade is RM3,611. “Only …

MELAKA: The Melaka state government has refuted claims that in the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, more than 100 state politicians were given preference over frontliners for vaccination. In response to accusations made on social media, executive councillor Rahmad Mariman claimed that the state Health Department decides the list of qualified people without the participation of any …

In light of the pandemic, it was issued this year that medical frontliners will receive a hazard pay to give back the sacrifices and risk they went through this year but the arrangements for this were not that simple. Looking back, One of the Senate leader called on the Duterte administration to address the question of unreleased hazard pay and …

President Rodrigo Duterte signed two administrative orders authorizing additional compensation to be given directly in touch with COVID-19 patients to frontline health staff and to public and private health employees. In view of this, AO No. 35 approved the awarding during the state of national emergency of active threat service pay to health employees working on the frontlines. Meanwhile, AO …

ABU DHABI – UAE, one of the top countries in the world that is constantly sending medical aid all over the world has done another remarkable achievement in spreading it’s generosity by sending an aid plane that was carrying 11 metric tons of medical supplies to Thailand just yesterday. Doing so would greatly help to bolster Thailand’s efforts to curb …

As the Philippines passed the point in the month-long enhanced community quarantine to counter the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it could be a timely time to partially revive public and mass transportation – at least for the benefit of health workers and other frontline staff since the struggle is real as they spend their energy at work and getting stressed …

The Inquirer Group of Companies (IGC) joined the private sector in responding to the urgent call to support our health-care staff in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. In cooperation with different organisations. The IGC equipped Chinese General Hospital and Batangas Medical Hospital with protective plastic boxes for intubation; PPE’s donated to RITM and East Avenue Hospital; and face shields …

As the number of reported cases of coronavirus disease in 2019 (COVID-19) rises daily in the Philippines, hundreds of frontliners such as physicians, janitors, and nurses work together to save lives and avoid the spread of the virus. In the hospital setting, healthcare providers are susceptible to virus due to their continuous contact with every patient giving their unwavering time …

Filipinos are known to love music and whenever they experience the ups and downs of life, music will be one of the most go-to-resolutions to express their pains, challenges and thankfulness. This time, It was an apt send-off to the survivor of COVID-19. The composer-arranger Arnel de Pano was serenaded by frontliners and was released from the Marikina Valley Medical …