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Water Supplies in U.S. West & Mexico Projected to Fall The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's 24-month study has projected that the lakes that store water used throughout the American West will fall to historically low levels and may even trigger an official shortage declaration for the first time.   The lakes that store water and supply millions of people in the U.S. West and Mexico are projected to shrink to historic lows in the coming months, according to The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s 24-month projections, reported ABC News.  According to the results, there is a very high likelihood of...

Published April 14, 2021 11:40am The Department of Health will monitor and assist hospitals in complying  with the memorandum on regular COVID-19 testing of healthcare workers. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire issued the assurance after some healthcare workers refuted Health Secretary Francisco Duque III’s statement that medical frontliners are being tested every two weeks. “We are going to check on this and try to assist hospitals to give protection to the healthcare workers,” Vergeire said in an interview with CNN-Philippines. She added that the DOH has reiterated t...

Published April 13, 2021, 10:48 PM The Department of Health (DOH) said all public and private hospitals, health facilities and Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facilities should ensure the availability of testing services for all their healthcare workers (HCWs). The DOH reiterated Department Memorandum (DM) No. 2020-0546 or the Interim Guidelines on Mandatory COVID-19 Testing of Public and Private Health Workers which mandates all public and private hospitals and health facilities, including TTMFs, to “ensure the availability of testing services for all their healthcare workers (HCWs) dir...

How Does a State Use 40 Percent Less Water? A recent study found that if the Colorado River drought continues, Arizona, California, and Nevada may have to cut their water usage by nearly half. Acceptance is the first step. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A tall bleached “bathtub ring” can be seen on the rock around Lake Mead in 2015, where water levels have sunk lower and lower. Arizona, California, and Nevada will need to cut their use of Colorado River water by nearly 40 percent by 2050. A study by researchers at Utah State University, which the Arizona Daily Starreported this past S...

MANILA BULLETIN FILE Labor Undersecretary Benjo Santos Benavidez said this means that some 23 percent are non-compliant. He said, however, that the compliance rate later increased to 92% after said establishments were given technical assistance by the Labor department. “Because of the technical assistance and advice that we give especially to small businesses…the compliance rate increased to 92 percent,” said Benavidez during the Laging Handa forum. As to those firms who continue to be non-compliant, he said, they may be asked to pay penalties. “We will not hesitate in imposing penalt...