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===2021 Jun 2 - [https://mb.com.ph/2021/06/02/deped-now-part-of-phs-smoke-free-movement/ DepEd now part of PH’s Smoke-Free Movement]=== | |||
*The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Social Watch Philippines (SWP) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) in a bid to shift to high gear the two parties’ “aggressive” campaign for a smoke-free Philippines. | |||
*NOTE: Social Watch Philippines has received [https://tobaccocontrolgrants.org/What-we-fund?who_region=WPRO&country_id=15&date_type=&date_from=&date_to=&submit=Search Bloomberg funded tobacco control grants] | |||
===2021 Apr 28 - [https://www.24shareupdates.com/2021/04/28/legislators-lambaste-influential-foreign-ngos-for-ignoring-philippine-sovereignty/ Legislators lambaste influential foreign NGOs for ignoring Philippine sovereignty]=== | ===2021 Apr 28 - [https://www.24shareupdates.com/2021/04/28/legislators-lambaste-influential-foreign-ngos-for-ignoring-philippine-sovereignty/ Legislators lambaste influential foreign NGOs for ignoring Philippine sovereignty]=== | ||
*According to Nograles, several government agencies have received a total of US$2.5M from <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>, which is funded by the anti-tobacco advocacy Bloomberg Initiative. | *According to Nograles, several government agencies have received a total of US$2.5M from <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>, which is funded by the anti-tobacco advocacy Bloomberg Initiative. | ||
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*“It’s hard to believe that Bloomberg Philanthropies and its affiliated tobacco control organizations, <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span> and the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">('''CTFK''')</span>, didn’t realize that the grants being awarded to enforce tobacco bans in the Philippines (some with unsettlingly aggressive titles such as “Greater Teeth and Tools: Enforcing and Implementing the Tobacco Regulation Act”) could be used to add a further crackdown to the extrajudicial arrests, incarcerations and killings already taking place.” | *“It’s hard to believe that Bloomberg Philanthropies and its affiliated tobacco control organizations, <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span> and the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">('''CTFK''')</span>, didn’t realize that the grants being awarded to enforce tobacco bans in the Philippines (some with unsettlingly aggressive titles such as “Greater Teeth and Tools: Enforcing and Implementing the Tobacco Regulation Act”) could be used to add a further crackdown to the extrajudicial arrests, incarcerations and killings already taking place.” | ||
*“But the truth is, Bloomberg and affiliates were quite aware of what they were doing. This was revealed in October 2020, during public talks hosted by the Philippine FDA (P-FDA) on the topic of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. Filipino citizens and stakeholders in attendance voiced concern that the P-FDA authorities charged with making decisions about nicotine policies had been awarded grants by the Bloomberg Initiative and <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>” | *“But the truth is, Bloomberg and affiliates were quite aware of what they were doing. This was revealed in October 2020, during public talks hosted by the Philippine FDA (P-FDA) on the topic of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. Filipino citizens and stakeholders in attendance voiced concern that the P-FDA authorities charged with making decisions about nicotine policies had been awarded grants by the Bloomberg Initiative and <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>” | ||
===2020 May 31 - [https://www.facebook.com/PLCPD1989/photos/a.389540504447012/3110278225706546/ World No Tobacco Day]=== | |||
*Join us as we celebrate World No Tobacco Day through an online concert brought to you by Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development, Child Rights Network (CRN) Philippines, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">('''CTFK''')</span>, and Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with Action for Economic Reforms, HealthJustice Philippines, Health Rights Watch, and Social Watch Philippines | |||
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