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President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to include in its Covid-19 coverage patients staying in accredited isolation centers and tents, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Duterte gave the order after some senators urged PhilHealth to provide coverage for patients confined in tents amid a lack of hospital beds in Metro Manila because of a surge in Covid-19 infections. Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said Duterte also directed PhilHealth to cover the cost of RT-PCR — reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction — tests. Last week, Senators Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay, Juan Edgardo Angara, Sherwin Gatchalian and Mary Grace Poe, among others, prodded PhilHealth to cover the cost of patients’ stay in tents. They said they had received reports that there were patients who had to pay P1,000 per hour in hospital tents because PhilHealth would not cover the cost of their stay. The senators noted in a joint statement that the Universal ... » Learn More about Palace to PhilHealth: Cover patients in tents

SINGAPORE - The June school holidays will be brought forward, and will start from May 5, with the one-month extension of the national circuit breaker period announced on Tuesday (April 21). The Ministry of Education (MOE) said in a statement on Tuesday evening: “While home-based learning has been going well, it has been an intense period of hard work and adjustment for parents, students and teachers. "An early June holiday will give everyone a respite. It also buys us time for a less restrictive school opening in June." With the school holidays brought forward, lessons will resume on June 2, the MOE said. More details on the format of lessons – whether they will be face-to-face, at home, or a mix of both, will be confirmed later. This means that Term 3 will now be longer, but the MOE said it will put in place a one-week mid-term break from July 20 to 26. These adjustments will apply to all MOE kindergartens, primary, secondary and pre-university students, including those ... » Learn More about Coronavirus: June school holidays to start from May 5 to cover extended circuit breaker period, says MOE

Thai army rangers Thailand’s northwest border have been training children to duck, crawl and take cover, readying them for a spillover of fighting if conflict between Myanmar troops and ethnic armies resumes. Thai elementary school students were performing evacuation drills late last week and preparing them for clashes as opposition mounts against Myanmar’s military in the wake of its Feb 1 coup and use of deadly forces against demonstrators. A video seen by Reuters shows students walking along tracks then hitting the ground of a schoolyard in Mae Hong Son province at the command of rangers in uniforms and berets, who demonstrate techniques for keeping safe from gunfire. More than two dozen ethnic armed groups are active in Myanmar’s borderlands, while the Karen National Union, one of the most prominent, has vowed to support the resistance movement. Thai authorities are bracing for a surge of refugees and have set aside areas to shelter more than 43,000 people in Mae Sot ... » Learn More about Fearing Myanmar border battles, Thai kids taught to take cover

Karen National Union members take part in a protest against the military coup in Papun, Kayin state, Myanmar March 5, 2021. (KIC News Page/Handout via Reuters) Army rangers on Thailand's northwest border have been training children to duck, crawl and take cover, readying them for a spillover of fighting if conflict between Myanmar troops and ethnic armies resumes. Elementary school students in Mae Hong Son province were performing evacuation drills late last week and preparing them for clashes as opposition mounts against Myanmar's military in the wake of its Feb 1 coup and use of deadly forces against demonstrators. A video seen by Reuters shows students walking along tracks then hitting the ground of a schoolyard at the command of rangers in uniforms and berets, who demonstrate techniques for keeping safe from gunfire. More than two dozen ethnic armed groups are active in Myanmar's borderlands, while the Karen National Union, one of the most prominent, has vowed to support ... » Learn More about Fearing Myanmar border battles, Mae Hong Son kids taught to take cover

With the ongoing violence in Myanmar following last month’s coup, children just across the border in Thailand’s northern Mae Hong Son province are being trained by Thai army rangers to duck, crawl and take cover, just in case potential conflict between the military in Myanmar and ethic armies makes its way to the Thai-Myanmar border. According to Reuters, there are more than 2 dozen ethnic armed groups along Myanmar’s border. The most prominent, Karen National Liberation Army representing the Karen National Union, supports the anti-coup movement. Last month’s coup threatens Myanmar’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement between the Burmese government and ethnic armed organisations, a leader of various ethnic armed groups said in a previous report. The junta said it will respect the ceasefire agreement, according to Reuters. To prepare for potential conflict, a primary school in Mae Hong Son held evacuation drills and trained students on duck and cover techniques. Reuters reporters ... » Learn More about Children in Thai border town trained to duck and cover in case of Myanmar conflict

SINGAPORE: Companies that have expanded employee benefits to cover mental health services said the move sends a crucial signal to workers that they take the issue seriously, adding that it makes business sense as well. Such benefits are among the recommendations issued by a tripartite advisory on Tuesday (Nov 17) promoting mental wellness in the workforce. It comes amid growing attention on the added stress workers may face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “For companies with flexible employee benefits (e.g. medical benefits), consider extending the scope of coverage to include mental well-being programmes, mental health consultations and treatments,” the advisory said. "This signals the company’s desire to support its employees in overcoming their mental health challenges." READ: MOM, NTUC, employers federation issue new advisory on mental well-being at workplaces It is a sentiment shared by companies who have implemented measures to support their employees' mental ... » Learn More about ‘A necessary investment’: Why firms choose to cover employees for mental health services

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra today announced that the land investigation currently underway in Phuket will be widened to cover the entire country. Speaking to The Nation newspaper, he said, “Many SorPorKor titles were given to ‘important people’ – this was not the intent of the SorPorKor scheme. Legal cases brought against these people were weak, which is why the government lost most of the suits. We must check again why this happened. “I have already told the investigating team [under Deputy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh] not to act out of spite, and to do everything correctly. “I have also ordered them to check the whole country, not only Phuket, because people who are close to politicians often try to benefit at the expense of the farmers. We will repossess land that has been encroached upon by such people. We would like to see real farmers have land to make a living.” If people want to buy land they should use it, he said, not simply keep it for the next ... » Learn More about Land probe to cover all Thailand – Thaksin

Warsaw, Poland — The Vatican said Monday that two Polish bishops accused of covering up sexual abuses will be ordered to pay into a victims’ fund and barred from celebrating mass in public. The Holy See’s embassy to Poland also said that Edward Janiak, the former bishop of Kalisz, and Slawoj Leszek Glodz, the former archbishop of Gdansk, would have to leave their former dioceses. The two had already resigned from their official duties after a series of revelations in recent months that have rocked the Catholic Church in Poland, where it remains highly influential. The statement from the Apostolic Nunciature, the official name for the embassy, said Janiak and Glodz were being punished “on the basis of the provisions of the Code of Canon Law” and new norms issued by Pope Francis to combat sexual abuse by clergymen. In August 2020, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Glodz, known for his high-end lifestyle and love of luxury, following accusations he had bullied priests and ... » Learn More about Vatican punishes two Polish bishops for abuse cover-ups

Having an insurance plan that covers the cost of mental health treatments can encourage those suffering to seek help. Here’s what insurance companies are doing to reduce stigma and provide coverage. Mental health issues are a growing problem for Singapore, with suicide continuing to be the leading cause of death for those aged 10 to 29 years old in 2019. Mental health illnesses can include depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, Schizophrenia and more. [[nid:507847]] The effects of Covid-19 have only exacerbated the problem. During the circuit breaker period in April and May 2020, calls to the suicide prevention agency Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) hotline rose 30-35 per cent from a year ago. Experts are also predicting a long-tail effect of Covid-19 on mental health due to rising stress levels with the uncertainty of the pandemic as well as the adverse economic effects we are seeing today. However, this problem isn’t going ignored ... » Learn More about Mental health insurance: What insurers are covering

Looking for a job that interests you is relatively easy, writing a resume is doable, but churning out a cover letter that would impress the hiring managers? Now, that's the difficult part. After all, that's the first thing employers look at before they decide whether to click on the attached CV. Your cover letter can give managers a preview of your personality: Copying-and-pasting everything from the internet suggests laziness, while having errors peppered all over the copy alludes to carelessness. Writing a cover letter that makes the employers want to hire you is difficult, but it's not impossible. So the next time you have Microsoft Word opened to write one, keep in mind these pointers. LET THEM KNOW WHY YOU DESERVE THE JOB "Convey what's in it for them to have you on their team rather than what you will gain from having the job," advises executive consultant and coach Nicole Underwood. LIST YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE TO IMMEDIATELY SHOW WHY YOU'RE A SUITABLE CANDIDATE ... » Learn More about How to write a cover letter that will get you a job interview