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SEN. Joel Villanueva yesterday called for a review of RA 11990 or the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act so the use of vape products would be regulated by the Food and Drugs Administration and not by the Department of Trade and Industry.
The inadequacy of water and sanitation facilities in this country is highlighted by the prevalence of cholera. Latest data from the Department of Health showed that 773 cholera cases have been recorded this year in different parts of the country as of March 11. Since 2023 until March 31 this year, the DOH recorded 3,756 cholera cases, with 19 deaths.
THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said it is expecting up to 16 tropical cyclones this year, one or two of them next month.
The assassination of two provincial mayors in two days has raised fresh fears that law and order in the Philippines—already in a fragile state as the result of a bloody war on drugs—is deteriorating further.
LUCKNOW, India — At least 33 Indian polling staff died on the last day of voting from heatstroke in just one state, a top election official said Sunday, after scorching temperatures gripped swathes of the country.
The country joined the observance of World No Tobacco Day on May 31 with the Department of Health reporting the death of a 22-year-old Filipino without comorbidities, who died of a heart attack associated with lung injury following two years of daily vaping. The DOH used the case to warn the public about the serious risks posed by electronic cigarettes especially to the young, who are being aggressively targeted by the tobacco and vaping industry.
SAN JOSE, Batangas, Philippines — In 14 seasons in the PBA, the Philippine Cup finals has been generally a dead end for the Meralco franchise.
A HOUSE lawmaker is pushing for the swift passage of the anti-road rage act, prompted by the shooting to death a family driver by a motorist in the EDSA-Ayala tunnel in Makati City on May 28.