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For decades, the Philippines’ livestock industry has received limited attention and development assistance from the government. Sen. Cynthia Villar has renewed a pitch to give it a boost.

(File photo) MANILA - The congressional bicameral conference committee on Wednesday approved a measure that would regulate the importation, manufacture, sale, packaging, distribution, use, and communication of vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine products, as well as novel tobacco products. The panel, composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate contingents led by Deputy Speaker Wes Gatchalian and Senate President Pro Tempore Senator Ralph Recto, respectively, approved the report recon...

A congressional bicameral conference committee (Bicam) of the House of Representatives and the Senate on Wednesday approved the bill regulating the importation, manufacture, sale, packaging, distribution, use, and communication of vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine products, as well as novel tobacco products. The Bicam approval came after an extensive deliberation by…

Consumer and harm reduction advocacy groups representing 16 million Filipino smokers and over a million vapers, have praised Congress for passing the Vaporized Nicotine Products Bill, which aims to help smokers quit and save lives.

On the second Christmas in the time of COVID, a common wish for loved ones and friends is good health.

STRESSING that the bill will deregulate the nicotine industry and go directly “against” the President’s campaign promise to fight substance abuse and addiction, the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) urged President Duterte to veto Senate Bill (SB) 2239 or the proposed Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Act. “Mr. President, your campaign…

An overwhelming majority of the Senate approved on second reading the so-called vape bill with very strict restrictions to ensure minors will not have access to these products and adult smokers are offered a less harmful alternative to cigarettes. 53257 In a voice vote with only one objection, t

The Senate Committee on Public Services deferred the approval of the franchise applications of NOW Cable and News and Entertainment Network Corporation (NEWSNET)—sister companies of NOW Telecom, which the National Telecommunications Commission says owes the government at least P2.6 billion in unpaid

The Senate Committee on Public Services deferred the approval of the franchise applications of NOW Cable and News and Entertainment Network Corporation (NEWSNET)—sister companies of NOW Telecom, which the National Telecommunications Commission says owes the government at least P2.6 billion in unpaid supervision and regulation fees (SRF) and penalties. “For…

To Filipino skepticism over Mr. Duterte’s seeming turn-around over China’s latest act of intimidation in Philippine territorial waters must thus be added the need to be especially alert over the distinct possibility that the 2022 elections will not solely be a contest among Filipinos but also another arena of contention between two of the most powerful countries on the planet.