Australia is lagging well behind many other countries in the Asia Pacific region when it comes to successfully tackling smoking through vaping, says the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm […]Read More
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Some 370 respirators are rotting in the Department of Health warehouse after the agency refused to distribute them to hospitals in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic because they were […]Read More
Inclusion is a global concept that pertains to providing equal access and respecting the rights of all sectors of society. In the Philippines, the opposite was happening, as the country’s Department […]Read More
A Filipino congressman asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to recognize the rights of companies, including tobacco and infant formula manufacturers, to procure and provide vaccines for their employees and […]Read More
Several Filipino lawmakers pushed for the immediate repeal of a controversial ruled issued by the Civil Service Commission and the Department of Health (DOH) in 2010 following the receipt of […]Read More
A 10-year old rule of the Philippines’ Civil Service Commission (CSC) drafted after receipt of grant money from a U.S. anti-tobacco NGO is now being used by the Department of […]Read More