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Some senators have expressed their committment to continuously pursue creating a special budget for the treatment of indigent cancer patients.  The late Secretary Susan "Toots" Ople of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).           (MB file photo)   Senate...

Former senator and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero has urged the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure that the promised financial aid for cancer patients are easily accessible to all who need it and are not diverted elsewhere. Escudero noted that it has been two years since...

Quezon City 5th district representative Alfred Vargas has hit the apparent delay in the Department of Health's (DOH) finalization of the guidelines detailing the Cancer Assistance Fund (CAF) and the promotion of awareness for the National Integrated Cancer Control Act (NICCA). Quezon City 5h...

Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday vowed to pursue the realignment of the proposed budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) which she sees as potential source of funds for the country’s Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), cancer treatment...

Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday slammed the Department of Health (DOH) for removing an item in the proposed 2022 national budget meant for the country’s cancer fund. Binay said the DOH’s move to incorporate the funds for the National Integrated Cancer Control Program, including cancer medicines...