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DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones appealed to legislators to shepherd the approval of stricter measures on Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) or Electronic Non-Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENNDS), popularly known as e-cigarettes.
“On matters related to substance use prevention, education alone is not enough. In their classes, we teach our learners how to reject harmful substances. Outside these classes, we need policies and structures that will help reinforce our learners’ health-promoting choices, complementing what we teach them in school,” she said in a statement as the Senate Committee on Health seeks to conduct a hearing on the provisions of the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Act.
Senator accuses immigration officers of human trafficking
A SENATOR on Tuesday accused some immigration officers of involvement in human trafficking. Senator Risa N. Hontiveros-Baraquel, who has previously initiated a probe on the illegal entry of Chinese nationals by paying off members of the Bureau of Immigration, said they were able to reach three Filipino women who were brought to Syria without their consent. Ms. Hontiveros said they will conduct a committee hearing over the trafficking scheme to identify the estimated number of victims and the involved officers. “This is a case of large-scale trafficking, and trafficking in syndicate. Life imprisonment