Online Mindanao

City hall’s lies

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:25:51 +0000

I AM one of the 18 (or possibly more) doctors who resigned from the JR Borja General Hospital last month. I am writing to express disgust on a news item aired over ABS-CBN last Monday (July 1, 2009), in which our own mayor, Constantino Jaraula, said the physicians who tendered their resignations did so because [...]

A (H1N1) cases in RP rising

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:28:47 +0000

THRITY-SIX new cases of Influenza A (H1N1) or swine flu virus were recorded Sunday, bringing to 147 the total cases of infected individuals in the Philippines. Three of the 36 new cases, according to the Department of Health (DOH), were foreigners. Health Secretary Francisco Duque said they are shifting to a policy of mitigation in response to [...]

4th ID expects more surrender this year

Angel — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:41:56 +0000

The 4th Infantry Division accounted 34 New People’s Army rebels who surrendered. They were from the Sandatahang Yunit pang Propaganda (NPA organizers recruiters and propagandists) to regular NPA fighters and finest cadres. It was during the first quarter alone and it was an offshoot of the negotiation efforts by the 4ID and its subordinate units [...]

City doctors ‘overworked, underpaid’

Archie — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:48:54 +0000

LOW pay and poor working conditions have forced most doctors of the government owned JR Borja Memorial City Hospital to tender their resignations, a hospital insider said. A city hospital physician, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the doctors resigned as a group as a statement to City Hall that they had lost confidence on [...]