THE Department of Health (DOH) assured the public over the weekend that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks after a neurological disorder was listed as a “very rare” side effect of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Benefits of jabs touted

TO have or not to have taxis in the province, that is the question.

‘Pssst...Taxi!’

IDLE lands abound in the province and so with idle time for most people amid the pandemic.


Agri, livelihood initiatives amid crisis

A REPORT from the Land Bank of the Philippines said some 4.5 million Filipinos were able to open a bank account for the first time with the continued rollout of the national ID aimed at addressing financial inclusion, especially among the country’s low-income households.

Benefits of National ID

THERE is nothing more accurate of a description of the kind of services our public hospitals afford than this: waray upay. Correct. Waray upay it serbisyo hit aton mga public hospitals.

‘Waray Upay’ is a given disappointment

THE two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) over Laguna province in the month of August – which was downgraded to modified ECQ two weeks later – should have, by the logical assumptions of health experts, brought down Covid-19 cases in the province.


A bitter paradox

IT was Thursday and three days past already when Tropical Storm Jolina made its first landfall on the evening of Monday, September 6, in Hernani, Eastern Samar. 

Is there a need for another Yolanda?

Contrary to the free hospitalization claims of the government, it is not at all free in public hospitals. While every Filipino is covered with the Universal Health Care Act, a landmark piece of legislation made into law two years ago now, the Act comes short of providing total health care services, let alone excellent and quality medical care. 


Hospitalization in public hospitals is not yet free

IN the year-and-a-half of the Covid-19 pandemic, local government officials in Laguna province down to the barangay level – should have already learned the lessons of keeping the virus at bay by this time.

Lax implementation of lockdowns

FOR almost two years now, local government units and even the provincial government of Batangas (and elsewhere) have been doing it.

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