SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) region 1 provides and delivered seven units of Specimen Collection Booth (SCB) for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) to four medical centers entire region 1 on Thursday (May 7, 2020). These units will be catering for samples of swabbing patients to avoid health frontliners […]
ITOGON, Benguet – Inulit ni Mayor Victorio Palangdan ng bayan ng Itogon sa Benguet ang kaniyang pakiusap na gamitin ang national wealth tax na nagmumula sa mga kompanya na gumagamit ng water resources bilang coronavirus disease (Covid-19) response fund. Sa isang panayam noong Martes ay sinabi ni Palangdan na sumulat sila sa Department of the […]
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Live chicken at PHP50 per head aside from other low-priced food items were sold on Wednesday at the provincial cold chain facility, here for residents of this capital town. This is the fourth “Manok na Puti 50 pesos only” activity of vice governor Johnny Waguis in partnership with Benguet Caretaker and […]
LUNGSOD NG TABUK – Nakatanggap ang pamahalaang lungsod ng PhP93.4 milyon Bayanihan cash grant na katumbas ng isang-buwan na internal revenue allotment (IRA) nito upang dagdagan ang kahandaan at pagtugon nito sa COVID-19. Sinabi ni Mayor Darwin C. Estranero na PhP60 milyon ay ilalaan upang mapataas ang COVID-19 preparedness at response operations sa 42 barangay […]
Residents of Barangay Tacadang in Kibungan Benguet receives relief goods and vitamins from Office of the Benguet Congressman Head Coordinator Anthony Kuan, PRC Benguet Chairman and Provincial Board Member Robert Namoro and PRC Benguet Administrator Oscar Paris during the relief operations of far lung barangays of Benguet last week. RMC PIA-CAR
The Conner District Hospital in Apayao received on Thursday, April 30, 2020, the specimen collection booths from the DOST to aid in mass testing to better combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The DOH requested the DOST to design and build specimen collection booths to boost and increase hospital testing capacity for COVID-19, The DOST Philippine Council […]
More than 6,000 sets of personal protective equipment were turned over by the DOH thru the OCD-CAR to the different private hospital facilities in the Cordillera region last week. The DOH is set to provide PPEs to the other hospitals in the city of Baguio and the province of Benguet in the coming weeks. RMC […]
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, Apr.30 (PIA) — Benguet Governor Melchor Diclas assured enough supply of highland vegetables despite the COVID19 crisis. During the Laging Handa Public Briefing, Diclas said the province of Benguet continues to provide highland vegetables to the markets nationwide. Benguet produces at least 85 percent of the highland vegetable produced in the country. […]
LAOAG CITY, ILOCOS NORTE — Hindi dapat ma-‘house arrest’ ang lahat ng mga senior citizen sa ilalim ng umiiral na community quarantine, dahil mas maraming bata kaysa matatanda ang tinamaan ng COVID-19 kung pagbabasehan ang datos ng Department of Health, ayon kay Senador Imee Marcos. “Bakit ang senior citizen ang pinag-iinitan sa ‘house arrest’ o […]
DAGUPAN CITY – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has issued a moratorium on contribution payments for the applicable months from February to April 2020. In the Kapihan sa Pangasinan program of the Philippine Information Agency, Joseph Manuel, regional information officer of PhilHealth, said payment of premiums for these particular months shall be extended until […]