The health sector will get at least P80 billion for its budget next year
with the Senate's passage of the sin tax reform bill, Sen. Franklin
Drilon announced Wednesday."We have earmarked P2.3
billion for the health sector under the sin tax reform bill we approved
last night, [so] the health sector will get at least P80 billion in
2013," Drilon said during his sponsorship speech on the proposed
P2.006-trillion national budget for 2013.On Tuesday, the Senate approved
on third and final reading the sin tax reform bill, which seeks to
generate...