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The bill also directed that following the creation of the Fund and the initial appropriation of P10 billion, the national government shall subsequently include the necessary amount necessary to continue and carry out the Fund’s objectives in the annual budget of the Department of Health (DOH).

The proponents also cited a study done by the University of the Philippines Manila’s Institute of Human Genetics found that 189 of every 100,000 Filipinos have cancer. In comparison, four Filipinos die of cancer every hour, or 96 cancer patients every day. Based on the study, cancer, which affects all age groups, is now the second leading cause of mortality in the country after diseases of the heart and the vascular system.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) also recorded that in 2020, over 150,000 new cases and 90,000 deaths were recorded while during the first half of 2021, over 27,000 deaths from cancer were recorded.

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Paquibato,” he said.

Tumanuron Boyson Anib Sr., LIPI chairperson, hopes the project “is not the last but a doorway for more livelihood programs for a productive and sustainable Paquibato.”

He vowed the tribe will utilize the facilities granted to them to grow their existing livelihood projects. (PNA)