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@pplmanuel @eimorpsantos Philippine Hospital Association President Dr. Jaime Almora seeks reinforcement from gov't agencies employing nurses doing non-nursing jobs to lend them to hospitals before they are "totally overrun" amid COVID-19

@pplmanuel @eimorpsantos PHA Pres. Almora also seeks a program increasing the number of nursing schools, student enrollees to assure nurse supply in the years ahead

@pplmanuel @eimorpsantos PHA Pres. Almora: We project the nurse graduates expected in 2022 won't happen as there's been over a year without school. That will be moved to 2023. We also expect more nurses to migrate

@pplmanuel @eimorpsantos Senate economic affairs committee chair Sen. Imee Marcos confirms: You're saying non-COVID claims are being processed why COVID claims aren't being paid? Why's that? (1/2)

@pplmanuel @eimorpsantos PHA Pres. Almora says yes: That is the biggest problem — we aren't given the reason why. This is now causing hospitals huge financial distress (2/2)

@pplmanuel @eimorpsantos Sen. Kiko Pangilinan says PhilHealth allegedly not paying COVID claims to hospitals 'totally unacceptable': Ang dating sa'tin dito, you are the frontliners and this how government treats you in terms of funding support? We must look into this and get results.

@pplmanuel @eimorpsantos PHA Pres. Almora on PhilHealth unpaid claims: Pres. and CEO Gieran was sympathetic, accommodating; he promised they will pay. 3 days after our meeting, they came up with a circular creating the debit-credit payment mechanism for NCR Plus, bubble areas.

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@pplmanuel @eimorpsantos PHA Pres. Almora says hospitals were surprised why they needed to sign an undertaking for payment of claims

Sen. Marcos: Ikaw 'yung may utang, ikaw ang pipirma?

PHA Pres. Almora: Nagulat ang maraming ospital, kaya di sila nag-apply

@pplmanuel @eimorpsantos PHA Pres. Almora says financial benefits for health workers under Bayanihan 1 and 2, and President Rodrigo Duterte's admin orders, are still “not consistently implemente” or delayed

@pplmanuel @eimorpsantos Leechiu Property Consultants CEO David Leechiu: We're still one of the highest markets globally as far as new leasing is concerned, BPOs are to be thanked for that

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@pplmanuel @eimorpsantos Leechiu notes office space contractions have slowed down in Q1: We have to prepare for a recovery... I hope POGOs do get sorted out and join the fray.

He says both POGOs, BPOs need to generate as much revenues for all.

Philippine Maize Federation president Roger Navarro: In the last 4 years, talagang di maganda presyo ng mais. Maganda ang ani, pero di maganda ang presyo so di nagkatotoo ang projection na magandang ani, magandang kita

Inland Haulers & Truckers Assoc. of the Phils. President Ted Gervacio: Kung pwede po kami mag-volunteer ng vaccination facilty/area... kung may pila man kami, it's purely transport manpower from drivers to dispatchers para mas mapabilis vaccination namin

Philippine Liner Shipping Association President Mark Parco reports a 17% drop in volumes: We're a capital-intensive business, we need to have volume to recover our cost... if you look at April, it was as much as a 64% drop, lines were suffering this time

PLSA president says higher volumes of goods necessary so that ships can bring freight costs down

Sen. Marcos: Ang concern natin yung entire value chain, kung papano mapapadali ang pagdala ng pagkain sa NCR+, Cebu at Davao. Yun lagi ang problema.