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Cigarette tax collection shortfalls hit P87b

Universal Health Care (UHC) for 103 million Filipinos remains out of reach as shortfalls in cigarette excise tax collections ballooned to P87 billion over...

Romualdez backs zero-balance billing

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Monday pledged full support for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s zero-balance billing initiative, calling it a crucial step toward...

DOH seeks P260.2b to expand zero billing program nationwide

The Department of Health is seeking a ₱260.2-billion budget for 2026 to broaden the full implementation of Universal Health Care program across the country. Health...

Herbosa urges solons to redirect flood control funds to health sector

Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa has urged lawmakers to prioritize health funding over infrastructure projects, particularly flood control, as the agency pushes...

Herbosa urges lawmakers to redirect flood control funds to health sector

"This 2026 budget is a health and education budget, and I’m tasked to defend it in Congress. So please tell your local congressman not...

RHEA Generics takes lead in providing affordable, world-class Medicines for Filipinos

RHEA Generics ensures Filipinos can prioritize their health without financial strain

House leader seeks review of UHC law ‘killer provisions’

House Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin said she will file a resolution calling for a review of what she termed as...

Trilateral tie-up forged on BARMM healthcare

IN a significant step toward strengthening healthcare in the Philippines, the development agencies of Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States have...

First Patients Congress held to strengthen universal health care

The Philippine Alliance of Patient Organizations (PAPO), together with the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and...

PhilHealth to receive PCSO remittance in support of Universal Health Care

PCSO General Manager Melquiades Robles (center) while handling over a check in the amount of P360.3 million to Ma. Lourdes V. Naguit (left), PhilHealth’s...

Pineda signs province-wide health system

Gov. Dennis “Delta” Pineda signed with the mayors of Pampanga the Inter-Local Government Unit (LGU) Memorandum of Agreement to implement the province-wide health system...

Solon says junk food tax can be used for healthcare

Rep. Ray T. Reyes of AnaKalusugan party-list  group said the revenue from additional taxes on junk food and sweetened beverages next year should be used...

ADB lends $450m to fund PH health reforms

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Wednesday it approved a $450-million (P24.75 billion) policy-based loan to help the Philippines strengthen health policy reforms, improve...

Lawmaker files bill on higher taxes for e-cigarettes

By Maricel V. Cruz Rep. Ray T. Reyes of AnaKalusugan party-list group on Tuesday is seeking an increase in taxes on e-cigarettes, saying this will...
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