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RESTORE CANCER AID FUND IN DOH BUDGET — SOLON

Anakalusugan Party-list Representative Ray Florence Reyes urged Congress to restore the 500 million pesos earmarked for Cancer Assistance Fund (CAF) under the Department of Health (DOH) after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) slashed it from the agency’s 2023 proposed budget. In the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP), the line-item budget for the CAF […]

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PASS RESPONSIVE HEALTHCARE 2022 BUDGET – FRASCO

A Cebuano lawmaker has pushed for the passage of a national budget for next year that will tackle the country’s healthcare response amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Cebu 5th District Representative Duke Frasco said the “paramount objective is to pass the most responsive and comprehensive budget” to answer the medical needs of the […]