A third super health center (SHC), which will provide more than basic health services, will soon rise in Purok 2, Barangay Guihing here. The SHC, a medium-type polyclinic and bigger than a rural health center, aims to decongest hospitals in the provin…
The Albay Provincial Health Office on Monday recorded a new case of Covid-19 in an evacuation center, bringing to four the total number of confirmed cases.
Jan Edmund Dominic Bailon, Albay provincial epidemiology and surveillance unit chief, said the …
The Cebu City Health Office (CCHO) has urged residents to follow health protocols to avoid contracting conjunctivitis or sore eyes. Dr. Daisy Villa, head of the CCHO, said the city is on alert against this common disease that usually occurs during the…
The Department of Health regional office in Ilocos (DOH-1) recorded a total of 378,396 children immunized against measles-rubella in the region as of June 16 or 91 percent of the target population. ‘We commend the determination and perseverance of our…
Seven gunmen were killed and a police officer was injured following a predawn law enforcement operation in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao del Sur. Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, police director for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), sai…
Nika Juris Nicolas, the country’s first female National Master, will compete in the ASEAN Age Group Chess Championships scheduled June 17 to 27 in Bangkok, Thailand. The 10-year-old Nicolas was the only female who competed in the Boys’ Under-11 divisi…
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek defeated Karolina Muchova to win the French Open women’s title on Saturday. The Polish star defended her title and earned a third Roland-Garros crown after beating Czech Republic’s Muchova, ranked 43, at Paris’ Court Philippe-Ch…
Gary Bejino will compete alongside Angel Mae Otom and Ernie Gawilan at the 11th World Para Swimming Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom from July 31 to Aug. 6. He was offered a direct invitation after his application for wild card was turned d…
Pope Francis is ‘doing well’ after undergoing surgery earlier this week, the Vatican said on Saturday. On medical advice, the pope will pray the Sunday Angelus ‘in private, joining spiritually, with affection and gratitude, all the believers who will …