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THE national government’s budget deficit climbed to P128.3 billion in November 2020 as public spending rebounded during the month, the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) said on Wednesday.
Data from the Treasury bureau showed that the shortfall was more than twice last year’s P60.9-billion budget gap, resulting in a cumulative budget deficit of P1.069 trillion, higher than the P409.1 billion recorded for the January-November 2019 period.
The year-to-date deficit, however, only made up 59 percent of the P1.815-trillion revised full-year program, it said.
Revenues slid by 19.35 percent or P59.0 billion to P245.8 billion year-over-year. Of the total, 96 percent or P235.9 billion was raised through taxes, while the remaining 4 percent or P9.9 billion was generated from non-tax collections.
Colon cancer affects one in 200 people in the south
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Colon cancer, the leading cause of death among cancer patients in Taiwan for 12 consecutive years, is most prevalent in the south, where one in nearly 200 people has the disease, a study released on Friday by the Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons found.
In 2018, 497 per 100,000 people in Tainan, and Yunlin and Chiayi counties had colon cancer, followed by 467 per 100,000 in Taipei, New Taipei City, Keelung, Yilan County, Kinmen and Matsu, and 420 in the area of Kaohsiung, and Pingtung and Penghu counties, according to the study, based on data collected from the National Health Insurance Program.
Colon cancer most prevalent in southern Taiwan: study
12/18/2020 11:18 PM
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Taipei, Dec. 18 (CNA) Colon cancer, the leading cause of death among cancer patients in Taiwan for 12 consecutive years, is most prevalent in southern Taiwan, with one in nearly 200 people suffering from the disease, a study has found.
In 2018, 497 per 100,000 people in southern Taiwan (the Yunlin/Chiayi/Tainan area) suffered from colon cancer, followed by 467 in greater Taipei (the Taipei/New Taipei/Keelung/Yilan/Kinmen/Matsu area) and 420 in the Kaohsiung/Pingtung/Penghu area, the Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (SCRS) said on Friday when publishing the results of a study based on data collected from the National Health Insurance Program.
DOH eyeing to finish UHC operational policies within the year
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 12) The Department of Health said on Saturday it is targeting within the year the completion of the operational guidelines that will guide local governments’ implementation of the universal health care law.
These policies aim to “contribute towards the attainment of the goal of UHC,” DOH Director Frances Mamaril said in a briefing.
Mamaril said they have been working on 59 policies, which are categorized into local health systems, service delivery, financing, regulation, and governance.
She said that 25 guidelines have been approved, 15 policies are awaiting approval, while 19 others are still being developed.