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Former President Rodrigo Duterte (Presidential Photo) MANILA - Prior to stepping down from office, formerPresident Rodrigo Duterte has signed around eight laws creating hospitals in several parts of the country. Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) 11872 establishing a hospital in Panabo City, Davao del Norte, which will be known as the Panabo City District Hospital and under the direct control and supervision of the provincial government of Davao del Norte. The provincial government of Davao del No...

ALMOST COMPLETE. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar leads an ocular inspection of the PHP120-million mega isolation facility in Barangay Talisayan, Zamboanga City on Sunday (Oct. 31). The mayor on Monday said the facility will soon open and increase the city's bed capacity for coronavirus disease 2019 cases to 2,000 beds, including those in the village's other isolation facilities. (Photo courtesy of Zamboanga CIO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The PHP120-million mega isolation facility here is alm...

BACOLOD CITY - A bill for the establishment of the Bacolod-Negros Heart and Kidney Center proposed by Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya is up for second reading in the House of Representatives. In an interview on Thursday, Gasataya said that during a consultation meeting held on Wednesday, the committee on health informed him that House Bill (HB) 2686 will be scheduled for the second reading when the session resumes. The lawmaker, who first filed the bill in 2018 and then refiled it in 2019, said...