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AUG
20
2023

“Cancer fund up by P.5B; DOH budget down by P10B; P20 B for Covid pay arrears”

Press Release  20 August 2023 The good news is that the Marcos administration is seeking an almost half-a-billion peso increase – or to P2.02 billion – for cancer control and cancer patient assistance funds in the proposed P5.76 trillion national budget for 2024, House
FEB
05
2023

Not a tumor to be excised from budget: Congress hikes cancer fund to P1.56 B

Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 5 February 2023 From zero in the proposed 2023 national budget, Congress boosted to P1.56 billion the line-item funding for two cancer funds in this year’s General Appropriations Act (GAA),Deputy Speaker
SEP
08
2022

Per DOH advice: Restore cancer funding as P1 B item in ’23 budget

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 8 September 2022 Per DOH advice: Restore cancer funding as P1 B item in ’23 budget Restoring the cancer fund in the national budget is one doctor’s order we cannot ignore. And if it is the DOH Secretary