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Also on the first day of the ECQ, the DOH launched hotlines for COVID-19 emergencies. [131] The hotlines (02-894-COVID or 02-894-26843 and 1555) were made possible through the DOH's partnership with the DILG's National Emergency Hotline and the Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) as well as Smart Communications, PLDT's mobile subsidiary ...
An Act Declaring the Existence of a National Emergency Arising from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation and a National Policy in Connection Therewith, and Authorizing the President of the Republic of the Philippines for a Limited Period and Subject to Restrictions, to Exercise Powers Necessary and Proper to Carry Out the Declared National Policy and for Other Purposes
Following the confirmation of the first localized transmission on March 7, 2020, the DOH raised its alert to Code Red Sub-Level 1. [1] President Rodrigo Duterte later issued Proclamation No. 922 on March 9, formally declaring a state of public health emergency in the country, authorizing local government units to employ their local disaster ...
Upon declaration of a disaster, local government units were also authorized to make use of their quick response funds under the aegis of a state of emergency. [ 5 ] Local government units have been placed under enhanced community quarantine by the national government in Visayas and Mindanao and relevant field offices of the Department of Health ...
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The Supreme Court, in a decision dated December 7, 2021 and only publicized in September 2022, declared unconstitutional two subsections which imposed new taxes on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator licensees: Section 11(f) (5% franchise tax on gaming operations) and Section 11(g) (taxes on non-gaming operations, including income and VAT).
Obama’s actions followed a September declaration by Sylvia Mathews Burwell, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, that her agency would begin the process of reworking the patient caps to expand access. Noting that medication-assisted treatment “is a high priority” for HHS, a department spokesperson told HuffPost in ...
With a shift to a parliamentary form of government, the Department of Health was transformed into the Ministry of Health on June 2, 1978, with Dr. Clemente S. Gatmaitan as the first health minister. On April 13, 1987, the Department of Health was created from the previous Ministry of Health with Dr. Alfredo R. A. Bengzon as secretary of health.