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Manila relaxes health certificate policy but retains fee for health, occupational permits

08

Oct

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Manila relaxes health certificate policy but retains fee for health, occupational permits

EMPLOYEES OF private educational institutions are no longer required to undergo laboratory examinations at the facilities of the Manila Health Department but must still pay the remaining P365 fee to secure health and occupational permits. A clarificatory memorandum released by the Manila Health Department on Oct. 7 showed that the…

Manila mayor leaves fate of health permit ordinance to city council

04

Oct

By Barbra Althea Gavilan and Ma. Alyanna Selda

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Manila mayor leaves fate of health permit ordinance to city council

MANILA MAYOR HONEY Lacuna is leaving it up to the city council to decide whether to amend a controversial health permit ordinance that has drawn an uproar among several workers since its implementation in UST nearly six months ago. Responding to a question from The Flame on Thursday, Oct. 3, Lacuna said changes to Ordinance…

Manila health chief differs from UST memo, says licensed professionals must also get health permit

23

Sep

By Cali Asajar and Ma. Alyanna Selda

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Manila health chief differs from UST memo, says licensed professionals must also get health permit

THE MANILA Health Department has clarified that all employees working in the capital city, including tax receipt holders, must secure a health certificate, differing from a UST memorandum which stated that licensed professionals may be exempted from the requirement if they paid for a tax receipt. In a letter addressed to UST labor…

Manila now allows private schools to choose facility for health permit procedures, ONE-UST says

11

Sep

By Ma. Alyanna Selda

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Manila now allows private schools to choose facility for health permit procedures, ONE-UST says

THE MANILA Health Department has agreed to allow all private educational institutions to undergo laboratory examinations from other medical facilities for its health permit requirement, which has drawn sharp criticism from workers for supposedly being “restrictive” and “redundant,” UST’s labor coalition said. In a report on its dialogue with Manila…

Manila health chief files cyber libel case vs labor leader over health permit video

10

Sep

By Ma. Alyanna Selda

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Manila health chief files cyber libel case vs labor leader over health permit video

THE HEAD of the Manila Health Department has filed a cyber libel complaint against a labor leader over a social media video denouncing the city’s health permit requirement that allegedly contained “malicious allegations” that seek to “destroy” his reputation. In a six-page complaint-affidavit, Manila Health Department Director Arnold “Poks” Pangan…

UST Rector: Manila health permit issue is over

09

Sep

By Christian Querol and Ma. Alyanna Selda

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UST Rector: Manila health permit issue is over

UST RECTOR Fr. Richard Ang, O.P. does not want discourses on the contentious Manila health permit issue to continue because the University has already “patched things up.” In an interview with The Flame on Monday, Sept. 9, Ang declined to comment on the topic that stirred controversy before the start of the…

UST admin failed to explain health permit policy properly, Manila mayor claims

28

Aug

By The Flame News

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UST admin failed to explain health permit policy properly, Manila mayor claims

FOLLOWING A slew of criticism among labor groups claiming that the health permit requirement is “exploitative” and “discriminatory,” Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna has claimed that their grievances may have stemmed from the UST administration’s failure to relay the policy properly to its employees. In her first public statement on the…

UST admin to allow part-time faculty members to teach if they vow to get health permit, says labor coalition

26

Aug

By The Flame News

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UST admin to allow part-time faculty members to teach if they vow to get health permit, says labor coalition

THE UST administration would allow non-tenured faculty members who did not follow the health permit policy to teach next term if they submit a letter committing to secure a health permit from the Manila Health Department, a coalition of the University's labor unions said. In a report containing the key points…

Requiring workers to undergo health permit procedures at Manila Health Department ‘downright restrictive,’ ‘unreasonable,’ says education group

20

Aug

By Veancy Palad

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Requiring workers to undergo health permit procedures at Manila Health Department ‘downright restrictive,’ ‘unreasonable,’ says education group

A MANILA-BASED education group has slammed the city government’s health permit policy for its compulsory and exclusive conduct of laboratory tests at the Manila Health Department (MHD), calling it “downright restrictive,” “unreasonable” and “oppressive.” In a letter of protest addressed to Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna dated Aug. 14, the Education…

Journalism chair ‘constrained’ to reassign teaching loads of instructors without health permits

18

Aug

By Zoe Airabelle Aguinaldo

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Journalism chair ‘constrained’ to reassign teaching loads of instructors without health permits

THE HEAD of the Journalism department said he was “constrained” to reallocate the teaching loads of non-tenured instructors who failed to comply with the Manila health permit policy to lessen the disruptions at the start of the new academic year. Citing an email from the dean’s office, UST Department of…