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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
MAY
12
2023

Reg’l heart, lung, kidney centers to spare ‘medical evacuees’ of going to big cities, create teaching hospitals for MD scholars

Press Release 12 May 2023 The recently passed House bill effectively regionalizing heart, lung, kidney and 13 other specialty centers will help “medical evacuees” who flee to big cities for treatment and medical scholars whose studies are funded by the government in order to plug
MAY
08
2023

Establish Specialty Centers In Hospitals Under The Direct Supervision And Control Of The Department Of Health

Explanation of Vote  House Bill 7751 – An Act Establishing Specialty Centers In Hospitals Under The Direct Supervision And Control Of The Department Of Health, And Appropriating Funds Therefor By Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 8 May 2023 Mr.
APR
13
2023

2,189 new slots to raise “Doktor sa Bayan” scholars to 3,600

Press Release 13 April 2023 At least 2,189 new taxpayer-funded free medical education slots will open in the 2023-2024 school year, raising the number of “Doktor Para Sa Bayan” scholars to a “brigade size” 3,600, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. “This is a 150% increase. We
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
SEP
08
2021

After ‘carpetbagger’ earned billions from pricey China-made PPEs, Recto wants ‘Buy Filipino’ rule restored in nat’l budget

The purchase of billions of pesos of PPEs, face shields and masks from China – when better quality locally-produced ones were available at a far lower price – underscores the need to restore the “Buy Filipino” provision in the national budget, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph
SEP
07
2021

Money lost to expired medicines can fund Tocilizumab purchase

Malacañang should convene a task force, to include diplomats and Taipans, that will solve the shortage of Tocilizumab and other anti-pneumonia drugs made scarce by the surge in the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said it is ti