UniTeam senatorial aspirant Harry Roque promised to address the huge salary disparity between government and private hospital nurses at the forefront of the country's battle against Covid-19.
Instead of focusing on putting the drug dealers and users in prison, vice presidential aspirant Willie Ong urged the government to treat the war on drugs as a public health concern.
COVID-19 UPDATE: The Department of Health reported 2,671 new cases and 6,130 new recoveries, with active cases falling below 70,000 and are now at 68,829.
Presidential aspirant Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso vowed to strengthen agriculture and education to ensure the country's food security at a time of pandemic.
Rice farmers in five towns of Surigao del Sur can now benefit from a laboratory that will help eliminate pest infestation and rice farm diseases in the area, the Department of Agriculture in Caraga said.
The Philippine Pediatric Society, Inc. Western Visayas chapter has thrown its support to the ongoing rollout of vaccination for children 5 to 11 years old, which they advocate as the most effective way to prevent the Covid-19.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development has already released 206,582 family food packs to Typhoon Odette victims in Eastern Visayas in the past two months.