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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ALTERED photos of doctor are used to scam netizens

By vera files fact check | Oct 20, 2022 4:22 PM

Several Facebook (FB) posts are using the photos of a Filipino doctor to advertise cereals and mixed nuts that purportedly aid weight loss. The altered images impersonated a real medical professional. On Oct. 5, 8, and 14, three FB pages bearing different variations of the name Josephine Rojo uploaded various photos of the medical expert […]

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Emasculating the FDA

By Tita C. Valderama | Apr 05, 2022 4:51 PM

Nearly 17 years after the Philippines became a party to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the first international treaty negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO), efforts to comply with some of the remaining major commitments are met with even more intensified resistance from the legislature.