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==Philippines==

===2021, Mar 3 - [https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/03/philippine-government-warned-against-ngos-banned-by-india/ Philippine government warned against NGOs banned by India]===

*Consumer groups warned the Philippine government against non-government organizations (NGOs) such as those linked to Bloomberg Philanthropies that were banned by India for providing grants to lobby for local policies.

*The Union, which has co-managed the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use Grants Program, confirmed on its website that it has been working with the DOH since July, 2010

===Vaccine Scandal - Unintended Consequences===

*A law from 2010 would have banned several large companies, including the tobacco industry, from procuring Covid-19 vaccinations. 1/2 of those were to be administered to employees and 1/2 to the public.

*2021 Mar 26 - [https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2021-03-26_grubby-money-corrupts-vape-legislation.html?fbclid=IwAR0BoHG2iqE3J6ptXjMZN3Mi5uy5g6C6ui5pngNuFNV_5o1_HYt4ucFCujY Grubby Money Corrupts Vape Legislation]

*2021 Mar 23 - [https://manilastandard.net/business/economy-trade/350219/lawmakers-ask-gov-t-to-repeal-unlawful-csc-circular-against-tobacco-companies.html Lawmakers ask gov’t to repeal ‘unlawful’ CSC circular against tobacco companies]

**Several lawmakers pushed for the immediate repeal of a controversial joint memorandum circular issued by then Civil Service Commission chair Francisco Duque in 2010 following the receipt of grant money from a US lobby group that is now being used as the basis to prohibit tobacco companies from purchasing vaccines for their employees and dependents.

**JMC 2010-01, which prohibits government officials and employees from interacting with the tobacco industry, was issued in the same year the DOH and the CSC received massive grants from the anti-tobacco NGO Bloomberg Initiative. It was the basis of the DOH’s initial draft regulation barring tobacco companies from obtaining and donating COVID-19 vaccines.

**Nograles, in a public hearing last week, revealed that JMC 2010-01 was issued by the CSC and the DOH in 2010, the same year the DOH received a huge financial grant from the anti-tobacco NGO Bloomberg Initiative. Secretary Francisco Duque III was the chairman of the CSC, after his tenure as DOH secretary, when the JMC was issued. “It has been revealed that foreign money has been influencing policy making in the DOH for quite some time. In fact, the Congressional hearing revealed at least $2 million in lobby money that has influenced policy coming from Bloomberg alone,” Nograles said. Nograles said the proposed restriction was obviously pushed on the basis of Duque’s deal with Bloomberg and it showed that DOH policies “have already been compromised by foreign money.”

**“We should not be misdirected by these interest-groups that instead of helping our country in our time of need, work to set us against each other,” Barbers said.

*2021 Mar 22 - [https://www.manilastandard.net/business/economy-trade/350080/anti-tobacco-money-linked-to-doh-order-excluding-tobacco-firms-from-vaccination.html?fbclid=IwAR3kDGlNSP8ZzfOhJH1Uqy1tGKfhjpn8lJ4QkDSuUDGydvAfEl77VVrcv1Q Lobby money linked to DOH order excluding tobacco firms from vaccination]

===~~Philippine~~ FDA Scandal===

===FDA Scandal (Philippine)===

*2021 Mar 26 - [https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2021-03-26_grubby-money-corrupts-vape-legislation.html?fbclid=IwAR0BoHG2iqE3J6ptXjMZN3Mi5uy5g6C6ui5pngNuFNV_5o1_HYt4ucFCujY Grubby Money Corrupts Vape Legislation]

*2021 Mar 19 - [https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1409126/fda-admits-hiring-people-to-draft-regulations-on-vapes-using-anti-tobacco-money?fbclid=IwAR0lmXSB471iy_QIaXg1znPjsBEw3gkDpXvR0DWKyTEkCj8mXIQatX6JObo FDA admits hiring people to draft regulations on vapes using anti-tobacco money]

*Last year, the FDA was cast under a cloud when it emerged it had already received “questionable” Bloomberg money, after first denying they had received funds with an agreement to implement certain policies against tobacco harm reduction products. They didn't admit it until after being called out and presented with the evidence. They admitted to actively seeking funding from out of the country NGO's. An investigation was called. None of this made any difference as the Administration decided to plough on with its proposals despite the public consultation remaining unfinished. Representitive Estrellita Suansing called the move “premature” and “deplorable”. The articles and blogs below tell the story...

*2021 Mar 17 - [https://maharlika.tv/2021/03/17/foreign-ngo-pushing-for-ban-of-cigarette-alternatives-funded-drafting-of-ph-regulations/?fbclid=IwAR3Lu8_0_Co1l0iMRDTbDst7k2EHH9dcE5pYLseDUk3rM9-Xy3rV590xcas Foreign NGO pushing for ban of cigarette alternatives funded drafting of PH regulations]

**Keywords from the stories: <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>, Bloomberg Initiative,

*2021 Mar 17 - [https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/17/total-ban-on-flavored-vapor-products-pushed/?fbclid=IwAR3NoyW9pHtJTJB4TjNqpXnbdCAOYl8LuKiKE9JOAV1IVn4tjuoVecyAljk Total ban on flavored vapor products pushed]

**2021 Mar 19 - [https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1409126/fda-admits-hiring-people-to-draft-regulations-on-vapes-using-anti-tobacco-money?fbclid=IwAR0lmXSB471iy_QIaXg1znPjsBEw3gkDpXvR0DWKyTEkCj8mXIQatX6JObo FDA admits hiring people to draft regulations on vapes using anti-tobacco money]

*2021 Mar 10 - [https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/10/suansing-calls-deplorable-fdas-premature-issuance-of-vape-htp-regulations/?fbclid=IwAR0iP6PNr4yfdYU0nvF9Yy_PB59P7RXumkZJrOnwpfd7CtR8WylcgUtja74 Suansing calls ‘deplorable’ FDA’s premature issuance of vape, HTP regulations]

**2021 Mar 17 - [https://maharlika.tv/2021/03/17/foreign-ngo-pushing-for-ban-of-cigarette-alternatives-funded-drafting-of-ph-regulations/?fbclid=IwAR3Lu8_0_Co1l0iMRDTbDst7k2EHH9dcE5pYLseDUk3rM9-Xy3rV590xcas Foreign NGO pushing for ban of cigarette alternatives funded drafting of PH regulations]

*2021 Jan 27 - [https://journal.com.ph/news/nation/bloomberg-faces-mounting-pressure-to-explain-fda-funding/?fbclid=IwAR2RorMwBRpCbZRSdnYyfZgnHHfzPn6ZiYFoXw3lp-ydCN1rRJDj0tv8xy0 Bloomberg faces mounting pressure to explain FDA funding]

**2021 Mar 17 - [https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/17/total-ban-on-flavored-vapor-products-pushed/?fbclid=IwAR3NoyW9pHtJTJB4TjNqpXnbdCAOYl8LuKiKE9JOAV1IVn4tjuoVecyAljk Total ban on flavored vapor products pushed]

*2020 Oct 23 - [https://www.vapingpost.com/2020/10/23/philippines-public-consultations-on-vapes-halted-as-fda-hid-funding/?fbclid=IwAR1iWlGwrxUqNsPjcICmalIA9FtKL9vS0NyL1ja2X1meF_8mYXJ8l51spAM Philippines: Public Consultations on Vapes Halted as FDA Hid Funding]

**2021 Mar 10 - [https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/10/suansing-calls-deplorable-fdas-premature-issuance-of-vape-htp-regulations/?fbclid=IwAR0iP6PNr4yfdYU0nvF9Yy_PB59P7RXumkZJrOnwpfd7CtR8WylcgUtja74 Suansing calls ‘deplorable’ FDA’s premature issuance of vape, HTP regulations]

*2020 Oct 20 - [https://mb.com.ph/2020/10/20/consumer-group-eyes-filing-graft-charges-against-fda/?fbclid=IwAR0SZXy__d2QbmH30EyYoG1G4rFug1LZwfLNIO1tbQkSGjxo_V0AyB8FXP8 Consumer group eyes filing graft charges against FDA]

**2021 Jan 27 - [https://journal.com.ph/news/nation/bloomberg-faces-mounting-pressure-to-explain-fda-funding/?fbclid=IwAR2RorMwBRpCbZRSdnYyfZgnHHfzPn6ZiYFoXw3lp-ydCN1rRJDj0tv8xy0 Bloomberg faces mounting pressure to explain FDA funding]

*2020 Oct 15 - [https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2020-10-15_bloomberg-s-war-chest-probed.html?fbclid=IwAR1DCbK_ldS19LFda-A6QieNEKDbJ1FdT7mqHY-Yb3EBq8_kqJjDfvoDsco Bloomberg’s War Chest Probed]

**2020 Oct 23 - [https://www.vapingpost.com/2020/10/23/philippines-public-consultations-on-vapes-halted-as-fda-hid-funding/?fbclid=IwAR1iWlGwrxUqNsPjcICmalIA9FtKL9vS0NyL1ja2X1meF_8mYXJ8l51spAM Philippines: Public Consultations on Vapes Halted as FDA Hid Funding]

*2020 Oct 11 - [https://www.manilastandard.net/index.php/business/biz-plus/336495/house-leader-seeks-probe-on-grants-given-to-fda-by-anti-tobacco-groups.html?fbclid=IwAR2LKD-hi43NKwHi3rOk-T9JYcnavpbmcO5U7GjEaFpTRuVPWztpN-44tBg House leader seeks probe on grants given to FDA by anti-tobacco groups]

**2020 Oct 20 - [https://mb.com.ph/2020/10/20/consumer-group-eyes-filing-graft-charges-against-fda/?fbclid=IwAR0SZXy__d2QbmH30EyYoG1G4rFug1LZwfLNIO1tbQkSGjxo_V0AyB8FXP8 Consumer group eyes filing graft charges against FDA]

**2020 Oct 15 - [https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2020-10-15_bloomberg-s-war-chest-probed.html?fbclid=IwAR1DCbK_ldS19LFda-A6QieNEKDbJ1FdT7mqHY-Yb3EBq8_kqJjDfvoDsco Bloomberg’s War Chest Probed]

**2020 Oct 11 - [https://www.manilastandard.net/index.php/business/biz-plus/336495/house-leader-seeks-probe-on-grants-given-to-fda-by-anti-tobacco-groups.html?fbclid=IwAR2LKD-hi43NKwHi3rOk-T9JYcnavpbmcO5U7GjEaFpTRuVPWztpN-44tBg House leader seeks probe on grants given to FDA by anti-tobacco groups]

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 ==Philippines==
+===2021, Mar 3 - [https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/03/philippine-government-warned-against-ngos-banned-by-india/ Philippine government warned against NGOs banned by India]===
+*Consumer groups warned the Philippine government against non-government organizations (NGOs) such as those linked to Bloomberg Philanthropies that were banned by India for providing grants to lobby for local policies.
+*The Union, which has co-managed the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use Grants Program, confirmed on its website that it has been working with the DOH since July, 2010
 ===Vaccine Scandal - Unintended Consequences===
+*A law from 2010 would have banned several large companies, including the tobacco industry, from procuring Covid-19 vaccinations. 1/2 of those were to be administered to employees and 1/2 to the public.
+*2021 Mar 26 - [https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2021-03-26_grubby-money-corrupts-vape-legislation.html?fbclid=IwAR0BoHG2iqE3J6ptXjMZN3Mi5uy5g6C6ui5pngNuFNV_5o1_HYt4ucFCujY Grubby Money Corrupts Vape Legislation]
+*2021 Mar 23 - [https://manilastandard.net/business/economy-trade/350219/lawmakers-ask-gov-t-to-repeal-unlawful-csc-circular-against-tobacco-companies.html Lawmakers ask gov’t to repeal ‘unlawful’ CSC circular against tobacco companies]
+**Several lawmakers pushed for the immediate repeal of a controversial joint memorandum circular issued by then Civil Service Commission chair Francisco Duque in 2010 following the receipt of grant money from a US lobby group that is now being used as the basis to prohibit tobacco companies from purchasing vaccines for their employees and dependents.
+**JMC 2010-01, which prohibits government officials and employees from interacting with the tobacco industry, was issued in the same year the DOH and the CSC received massive grants from the anti-tobacco NGO Bloomberg Initiative. It was the basis of the DOH’s initial draft regulation barring tobacco companies from obtaining and donating COVID-19 vaccines.
+**Nograles, in a public hearing last week, revealed that JMC 2010-01 was issued by the CSC and the DOH in 2010, the same year the DOH received a huge financial grant from the anti-tobacco NGO Bloomberg Initiative. Secretary Francisco Duque III was the chairman of the CSC, after his tenure as DOH secretary, when the JMC was issued. “It has been revealed that foreign money has been influencing policy making in the DOH for quite some time. In fact, the Congressional hearing revealed at least $2 million in lobby money that has influenced policy coming from Bloomberg alone,” Nograles said. Nograles said the proposed restriction was obviously pushed on the basis of Duque’s deal with Bloomberg and it showed that DOH policies “have already been compromised by foreign money.”
+**“We should not be misdirected by these interest-groups that instead of helping our country in our time of need, work to set us against each other,” Barbers said.
 *2021 Mar 22 - [https://www.manilastandard.net/business/economy-trade/350080/anti-tobacco-money-linked-to-doh-order-excluding-tobacco-firms-from-vaccination.html?fbclid=IwAR3kDGlNSP8ZzfOhJH1Uqy1tGKfhjpn8lJ4QkDSuUDGydvAfEl77VVrcv1Q Lobby money linked to DOH order excluding tobacco firms from vaccination]
-===Philippine FDA Scandal===
+===FDA Scandal (Philippine)===
 *2021 Mar 26 - [https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2021-03-26_grubby-money-corrupts-vape-legislation.html?fbclid=IwAR0BoHG2iqE3J6ptXjMZN3Mi5uy5g6C6ui5pngNuFNV_5o1_HYt4ucFCujY Grubby Money Corrupts Vape Legislation]
-*2021 Mar 19 - [https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1409126/fda-admits-hiring-people-to-draft-regulations-on-vapes-using-anti-tobacco-money?fbclid=IwAR0lmXSB471iy_QIaXg1znPjsBEw3gkDpXvR0DWKyTEkCj8mXIQatX6JObo FDA admits hiring people to draft regulations on vapes using anti-tobacco money]
+*Last year, the FDA was cast under a cloud when it emerged it had already received “questionable” Bloomberg money, after first denying they had received funds with an agreement to implement certain policies against tobacco harm reduction products. They didn't admit it until after being called out and presented with the evidence. They admitted to actively seeking funding from out of the country NGO's. An investigation was called. None of this made any difference as the Administration decided to plough on with its proposals despite the public consultation remaining unfinished. Representitive Estrellita Suansing called the move “premature” and “deplorable”. The articles and blogs below tell the story...
-*2021 Mar 17 - [https://maharlika.tv/2021/03/17/foreign-ngo-pushing-for-ban-of-cigarette-alternatives-funded-drafting-of-ph-regulations/?fbclid=IwAR3Lu8_0_Co1l0iMRDTbDst7k2EHH9dcE5pYLseDUk3rM9-Xy3rV590xcas Foreign NGO pushing for ban of cigarette alternatives funded drafting of PH regulations]
+**Keywords from the stories: <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>, Bloomberg Initiative,
-*2021 Mar 17 - [https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/17/total-ban-on-flavored-vapor-products-pushed/?fbclid=IwAR3NoyW9pHtJTJB4TjNqpXnbdCAOYl8LuKiKE9JOAV1IVn4tjuoVecyAljk Total ban on flavored vapor products pushed]
+**2021 Mar 19 - [https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1409126/fda-admits-hiring-people-to-draft-regulations-on-vapes-using-anti-tobacco-money?fbclid=IwAR0lmXSB471iy_QIaXg1znPjsBEw3gkDpXvR0DWKyTEkCj8mXIQatX6JObo FDA admits hiring people to draft regulations on vapes using anti-tobacco money]
-*2021 Mar 10 - [https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/10/suansing-calls-deplorable-fdas-premature-issuance-of-vape-htp-regulations/?fbclid=IwAR0iP6PNr4yfdYU0nvF9Yy_PB59P7RXumkZJrOnwpfd7CtR8WylcgUtja74 Suansing calls ‘deplorable’ FDA’s premature issuance of vape, HTP regulations]
+**2021 Mar 17 - [https://maharlika.tv/2021/03/17/foreign-ngo-pushing-for-ban-of-cigarette-alternatives-funded-drafting-of-ph-regulations/?fbclid=IwAR3Lu8_0_Co1l0iMRDTbDst7k2EHH9dcE5pYLseDUk3rM9-Xy3rV590xcas Foreign NGO pushing for ban of cigarette alternatives funded drafting of PH regulations]
-*2021 Jan 27 - [https://journal.com.ph/news/nation/bloomberg-faces-mounting-pressure-to-explain-fda-funding/?fbclid=IwAR2RorMwBRpCbZRSdnYyfZgnHHfzPn6ZiYFoXw3lp-ydCN1rRJDj0tv8xy0 Bloomberg faces mounting pressure to explain FDA funding]
+**2021 Mar 17 - [https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/17/total-ban-on-flavored-vapor-products-pushed/?fbclid=IwAR3NoyW9pHtJTJB4TjNqpXnbdCAOYl8LuKiKE9JOAV1IVn4tjuoVecyAljk Total ban on flavored vapor products pushed]
-*2020 Oct 23 - [https://www.vapingpost.com/2020/10/23/philippines-public-consultations-on-vapes-halted-as-fda-hid-funding/?fbclid=IwAR1iWlGwrxUqNsPjcICmalIA9FtKL9vS0NyL1ja2X1meF_8mYXJ8l51spAM Philippines: Public Consultations on Vapes Halted as FDA Hid Funding]
+**2021 Mar 10 - [https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/10/suansing-calls-deplorable-fdas-premature-issuance-of-vape-htp-regulations/?fbclid=IwAR0iP6PNr4yfdYU0nvF9Yy_PB59P7RXumkZJrOnwpfd7CtR8WylcgUtja74 Suansing calls ‘deplorable’ FDA’s premature issuance of vape, HTP regulations]
-*2020 Oct 20 - [https://mb.com.ph/2020/10/20/consumer-group-eyes-filing-graft-charges-against-fda/?fbclid=IwAR0SZXy__d2QbmH30EyYoG1G4rFug1LZwfLNIO1tbQkSGjxo_V0AyB8FXP8 Consumer group eyes filing graft charges against FDA]
+**2021 Jan 27 - [https://journal.com.ph/news/nation/bloomberg-faces-mounting-pressure-to-explain-fda-funding/?fbclid=IwAR2RorMwBRpCbZRSdnYyfZgnHHfzPn6ZiYFoXw3lp-ydCN1rRJDj0tv8xy0 Bloomberg faces mounting pressure to explain FDA funding]
-*2020 Oct 15 - [https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2020-10-15_bloomberg-s-war-chest-probed.html?fbclid=IwAR1DCbK_ldS19LFda-A6QieNEKDbJ1FdT7mqHY-Yb3EBq8_kqJjDfvoDsco Bloomberg’s War Chest Probed]
+**2020 Oct 23 - [https://www.vapingpost.com/2020/10/23/philippines-public-consultations-on-vapes-halted-as-fda-hid-funding/?fbclid=IwAR1iWlGwrxUqNsPjcICmalIA9FtKL9vS0NyL1ja2X1meF_8mYXJ8l51spAM Philippines: Public Consultations on Vapes Halted as FDA Hid Funding]
-*2020 Oct 11 - [https://www.manilastandard.net/index.php/business/biz-plus/336495/house-leader-seeks-probe-on-grants-given-to-fda-by-anti-tobacco-groups.html?fbclid=IwAR2LKD-hi43NKwHi3rOk-T9JYcnavpbmcO5U7GjEaFpTRuVPWztpN-44tBg House leader seeks probe on grants given to FDA by anti-tobacco groups]
+**2020 Oct 20 - [https://mb.com.ph/2020/10/20/consumer-group-eyes-filing-graft-charges-against-fda/?fbclid=IwAR0SZXy__d2QbmH30EyYoG1G4rFug1LZwfLNIO1tbQkSGjxo_V0AyB8FXP8 Consumer group eyes filing graft charges against FDA]
+**2020 Oct 15 - [https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2020-10-15_bloomberg-s-war-chest-probed.html?fbclid=IwAR1DCbK_ldS19LFda-A6QieNEKDbJ1FdT7mqHY-Yb3EBq8_kqJjDfvoDsco Bloomberg’s War Chest Probed]
+**2020 Oct 11 - [https://www.manilastandard.net/index.php/business/biz-plus/336495/house-leader-seeks-probe-on-grants-given-to-fda-by-anti-tobacco-groups.html?fbclid=IwAR2LKD-hi43NKwHi3rOk-T9JYcnavpbmcO5U7GjEaFpTRuVPWztpN-44tBg House leader seeks probe on grants given to FDA by anti-tobacco groups]