Posts by tag: health

Civil society groups urged the Department of Health and Intellectual Property Office to commence the implementation of Universally Accessible Cheaper…

HEALTH | BUSINESS  By Carlos H. Conde |  What convinced me that aspartame is not safe are not just the studies that have found its link to cancer but also the efforts of Donald Rumsfield and the biotech giant Monsanto in ramming this product down our throats.

Times are getting harder and life has become more difficult. Too many indicators point to the fact that life is…

SEATCA is calling on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Health Ministers who will be meeting this week to pressure their governments into adopting policies that will make it more difficult for people�adults and minors�to buy cigarettes.

The recent conflict between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and government forces threatened communities in southern Philippines, including the predominantly Muslim provinces in Mindanao. This resulted in 511,090 persons being displaced during the height of the conflict.

AKBAYAN Rep. Risa Hontiveros called for the use of ‘women power’ to counter the efforts by anti-RH legislators to stall…

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Loren Legarda yesterday called on the public and the private sectors to join hands to ensure…

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) expressed its support of the government following the ban on imported China milk products imposed by the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD).

The youth’s response made to the Court of Appeals is one of many actions taking place in more than 25 countries around the world this week that challenges interference by tobacco giants in implementation of the global tobacco treaty, formally known as the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).