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Public health expert urges DOH chief to fix agency’s broken drug procurement system before more medicines go to waste
Public health expert Dr. Tony Leachon is urging Health Secretary Edwin Mercado to implement a real-time medicine tracking and deployment system, coordinate with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to audit the quality of procured drugs, and publicly demand accountability from officials…
The government wants higher sugar drink taxes and food reformulation, says Filipino food can still taste good with less sugar
The Department of Health (DOH) and the National Nutrition Council (NNC) are pushing for higher excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages and for food manufacturers to reformulate their products to reduce sugar content, while making clear they are not targeting sugar farmers or seeking to eliminate…
Parents who give kids sugary food early are training their brains to crave it: DOH
Sweet tooth is not something a child is born with. It is trained by the food habits of the family they grow up in, and parents who give young children sugary food repeatedly are programming their children’s brains to crave sweetness, Health Undersecretary Dr. Albert Domingo said Wednesday. Domingo…
The rise in overweight and obesity among Filipino children is outpacing adults, DOH data shows
The rise in overweight and obesity among Filipino children aged 5 to 10 is more worrying than the adult figures, with the rate tripling from around 5% in 2003 to 16% in 2025, Health Undersecretary Dr. Albert Domingo said Wednesday. Domingo made the statement in an interview on DZRH News program…
More Filipinos are getting fatter since 1993, with 25 million now overweight or obese
The Philippines has been getting heavier every year since 1993, with 43.1% of Filipino adults now classified as overweight or obese, approximately 25 million people out of an estimated 60 million adults, in a trend that Health Undersecretary Dr. Albert Domingo said Wednesday has shown no sign of…
62,000 Manila schoolchildren now drink fresh milk three times a week under Isko Moreno’s ‘YorMilk’ program
Six months after launching with 21,000 daycare children, Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso’s YorMilk program now reaches 62,000 public school students who receive fresh milk three times a week. The program now forms a complete farm-to-city ecosystem that benefits dairy farmers…
Isko Moreno explains why every building he puts up in Manila is a high-rise
Every school, hospital, and housing project Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso builds in Manila is a high-rise. The maverick mayor said this was not out of architectural preference but out of necessity, fiscal logic, and a deliberate effort to anticipate the city’s needs 15 years into the…
How Isko Moreno funded Manila’s ambitious infrastructure push during the worst possible time
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when economies worldwide had ground to a halt and most governments were cutting spending, Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso made a counterintuitive decision. The maverick mayor borrowed money and built—simultaneously funding vertical housing…
BARMM election ran entirely on Starlink satellite internet, says COMELEC
Every single precinct and headquarters in the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao parliamentary elections used Starlink satellite internet for the transmission of results, with no traditional telecommunications provider involved, COMELEC Commissioner Rey Bulay said Monday. Bulay…
Viral post claiming BARMM votes were switched is fake news, says COMELEC
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has declared a viral Facebook post claiming that a voter’s receipt showed a different political party from what was actually voted a malicious and baseless falsehood. COMELEC Commissioner Rey Bulay warned that those who spread false information that undermines…
COMELEC working with BSP, e-wallets, online payment platforms to catch digital vote buyers in real time
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has coordinated with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and online payment platforms to automatically flag and report suspicious single transactions above a threshold amount sent to the same individual during election periods. This is new mechanism designed…
COMELEC ready to hold Barangay, SK elections this year if BBM vetoes postponement bill
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is fully prepared to administer the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections or BSKE this year if President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vetoes the bill passed by both houses of Congress postponing the polls. The ballots are already printed, materials already in…
COMELEC: BARMM elections generally peaceful, incidents addressed quickly, no failure of election
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) said the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections generally peaceful, saying isolated incidents were addressed quickly and that the commission’s sworn commitment—as in the 2025 national elections—of no failure of…
Outsiders involved? Cotabato mayor says those who caused election day violence were people he had never seen in his city before
Cotabato City Mayor Mohammad Ali “Bruce” Matabalao said Monday he personally witnessed a disturbance on election day and noticed that most of those involved were people he had never before seen in his city—raising the possibility that the election day violence was carried out by outsiders rather…
Cotabato’s five-year economic rise is bigger than one day of election violence, says mayor
Cotabato City’s five years of steady economic growth and improving reputation with both the national and international community are more than strong enough to withstand one day of election-related violence, and the city will recover quickly, Mayor Mohammad Ali “Bruce” Matabalao said Monday.…