The measles-rubella and oral polio vaccine supplemental immunization activity (MR-OPV SIA) of the Department of Health (DOH) provided protection to 161,566 target children in 42 municipalities and one component city at the end of the extended activity…
Two police officers were killed and four others wounded, when an armed group ambushed a police car, in the southern Philippines, the police said today.Brigadier General Allan Nobleza, the regional police chief of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, in M…
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has allotted an additional PHP250-million fund for the construction of the second phase of the Bacolod City General Hospital, Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya said on Monday. ‘They are waiting for the…
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 …
More than 800 million or 42 percent of the people in the Western Pacific region, suffer from oral diseases, such as, untreated dental caries, gum disease, or tooth loss, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report.The Western Pacific regi…
