News Articles on health-budget

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 12:37 PM

Health workers from various hospitals demand a higher public health budget during a protest at the Senate on Thursday. Read more »

Adequate health budget pushed

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 03 06:33 PM

Health workers picket outside the Senate in Pasay City on Monday, calling for adequate funding to support health workers at the front lines against COVID-19. Read more »

Workers protest against cuts on health budget

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 12:02 PM

Health workers picket in front of the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Monday, as lawmakers deliberate the 2023 budget of the Department of Health. Read more »

LGUs should allot additional funds to health: advisors

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 12:36 PM

Dr. Maria Yap said LGUs should set aside portions of their additional funding to health, as the government begins implementing the Mandanas Ruling. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 17, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 12:00 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Senate urged to increase health budget

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 05:49 PM

Health workers hold a protest in front of the Senate of the Philippines headquarters in Pasay City on Wednesday, as the chamber deliberates on the proposed P5.024 trillion national budget for 2022. Read more »

Group raises questions about proposed 2022 budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 01:30 PM

The 2022 proposed budget to be discussed by the Senate Wednesday is still not responsive enough to the needs of the Filipino people amid the pandemic, an advocacy group said. Read more »

DOH budget must be 10 pct of GDP: health workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 02:46 PM

The Department of Health’s (DOH) budget for 2022 must be 10 percent of the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP), a group of health workers said. Read more »

'Health workers allowances affected in 2022 budget cut for pandemic response'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 05:19 PM

The DOH revealed that the DBM has cut their original proposal of P73.9 billion in COVID-19 response funds for 2022 to just P19.6 billion, a bulk of which were supposedly meant for medical frontliners' allowances. Read more »

DOH develops health budget calculator for LGUs

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 03:01 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday said it is formulating a budget calculator to help local governments know how much they could spend for health services once a Supreme Court ruling that would expand internal revenue allotments takes effect next year. Read more »

Senators back Sotto's call for DOH to drop plan to spend P11.7B for COVID-19 contact tracing

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 12:39 AM

Several senators on Tuesday backed Senate President Vicente Sotto III's call for the Department of Health to "drop" its planned hiring of 130,000 COVID-19 contact tracers, saying the agency can tap local government workers for the job to avoid "hurting" the national coffers. Read more »

Senate willing to give DOH 'more ammunition' vs COVID-19 under 2021 budget: Angara

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 07:40 PM

Senate Finance Committee chair Sonny Angara on Thursday said the Senate is willing to give the Department of Health (DOH) "more ammunition" against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) under the 2021 budget despite the agency's failure to spend its entire fund allocation in previous years. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 7, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 01:54 AM

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Health workers rally

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 03:22 PM

Health workers hold a picket rally in front of the National Children's Hospital along E. Rodriguez Avenue in Quezon City to push for the P16,000 national minimum wage and increase in the government’s health budget by 5 percent. Read more »

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