Archive of Health

Gabriela denounces Philhealth for transferring "unspent" funds
July 20, 2024

Gabriela considers the recently reported return of unspent Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) funds to the national treasury as an “attack on the right to health.” “The national women’s alliance GABRIELA denounces the recent circular of the Department of Finance (DOF) requiring the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to transfer ₱89.9 billion of unused funds […]

Paglilipat ng pondo ng Philhealth na "di nagastos," binatikos ng Gabriela
July 20, 2024

Itinuturing ng Gabriela na “pag-atake sa kaparatan sa kalusugan” ang kamakailang napabalita na pagbabalik ng pondo ng Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) na diumano’y di nagastos sa pambansang pondo. “Binabatikos ng pambansang alyansa ng kababaihan na GABRIELA ang kamakailang circular ng Department of Finance (DOF) na nag-aatas sa Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) na ilipat […]

Promised distribution of allowance to health workers, a PR stunt for SONA
July 09, 2024

Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s announcement that he will distribute the much delayed ₱27 billion Health Emergency Allowance (HEA) to health workers seems nothing but a PR stunt. The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) said it is mind-boggling that its distribution is only being rushed now even when the government already had the funds long ago. While […]

Pangakong pamamahagi ng alawans sa mga manggagawang pangkalusugan, pampapogi para sa SONA
July 09, 2024

Tila pampapogi lamang ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr ang anunsyo niyang ipamamahagi na sa mga manggagawang pangkalusugan ang labis-labis nang naantalang ₱27 bilyong Health Emergency Allowance (HEA). Ayon sa Alliance of Health Workers (AHW), kataka-taka na ngayon ito minamadaling ipamigay gayong matagal nang may pondo para rito ang gubyerno. Habang ikinalugod ng mga manggagawang pangkalusugan ang […]

Salary increase and job security, not concerts—health workers
June 26, 2024

Health workers expressed their dismay over Malacañang’s upcoming “Concert at the Palace for Our Healthcare Workers” on June 30, which is set to cost millions of pesos. For them, such activities and concerts are useless if the regime turns a deaf ear to the legitimate demands of health workers. According to the Alliance of Health […]

Dagdag-sweldo at seguridad sa trabaho, hindi konsyerto—mga manggagawang pangkalusugan
June 26, 2024

Umalma ang mga manggagawang pangkalusugan sa ilulunsad na “Konsyerto sa Palasyo Para sa Ating Mga Healthcare Workers” sa Hunyo 30 ng Malacañang na gagasta ng milyun-milyong piso. Para sa kanila, walang saysay ang ganitong mga aktibidad at konsyerto kung tengang-kawali naman ang rehimeng Marcos sa mga lehitimong kahilingan ng mga manggagawang pangkalusugan. Ayon sa Alliance […]

Private health workers in NCR petition for ₱750 salary increase
June 20, 2024

Union leaders and health workers of the Private Healthcare Workers Network (PHWN) filed a petition before the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) on June 18 to demand a ₱750 wage increase in the region. They want to bring the current ₱610 minimum wage in the region closer to a living wage […]

₱750 dagdag sahod, petisyon ng mga pribadong manggagawang pangkalusugan sa NCR
June 20, 2024

Naghain ng petisyon ang mga lider-unyonista at manggagawang pangkalusugan ng Private Healthcare Workers Network (PHWN) sa Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) noong Hunyo 18 para igiit ang ₱750 dagdag sahod sa rehiyon. Nais nilang ilapit sa nakabubuhay na sahod na ₱1,197 ang kasalukuyang ₱610 minimum na sahod sa rehiyon. Kabilang sa […]

Marcos is complicit with US imperialists fraudsters
June 17, 2024 | Communist Party of the Philippines | Marco Valbuena | Chief Information Officer |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) joins the various organizations and personalities in expressing outrage and condemning the US government for running a disinformation campaign on social media targeting the Filipino people during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic to cast doubts on the Chinese vaccine Sinovac. This campaign of deliberate disinformation, which was […]

Democratic organizations condemn Pentagon for dangerous disinformation against China's Sinovac
June 16, 2024

A special Reuters report recently revealed the secret campaign launched by the US military to spread disinformation in the Philippines against the Chinese-made vaccine during the Covid-19 pandemic. Through fake X accounts (formerly Twitter), it spread doubt and other malicious information against Sinovac, which was then the only vaccine available in the Philippines. The operation […]