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==Philippines==
==Philippines==
===2021 Apr 25 - [https://insidesources.com/bloomberg-blasted-for-using-billions-to-block-vaccines-for-tobacco-company-workers/ Bloomberg Blasted for Using Billions to Block Vaccines for Tobacco Company Workers]===
*Earlier this year, the government of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte came under intense fire for denying tobacco companies access to COVID-19 vaccines imported by the government in partnership with the private sector for employee vaccination programs. The Duterte administration’s decision was based on a 10-year-old policy forbidding government officials from interacting with the tobacco industry. That rule was adopted shortly after the Philippines’ Department of Health and Civil Service Commission received what The Manila Standard described as “massive grants” from Bloomberg’s anti-tobacco Bloomberg Initiative.
*Article then moves on to Bloomberg's environmental activities in the USA




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===Vaccine Scandal - Unintended Consequences (Philippine)===
===Vaccine Scandal - Unintended Consequences (Philippine)===
*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.  
*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 Apr 25 - [https://insidesources.com/bloomberg-blasted-for-using-billions-to-block-vaccines-for-tobacco-company-workers/ Bloomberg Blasted for Using Billions to Block Vaccines for Tobacco Company Workers]
**Earlier this year, the government of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte came under intense fire for denying tobacco companies access to COVID-19 vaccines imported by the government in partnership with the private sector for employee vaccination programs. The Duterte administration’s decision was based on a 10-year-old policy forbidding government officials from interacting with the tobacco industry. That rule was adopted shortly after the Philippines’ Department of Health and Civil Service Commission received what The Manila Standard described as “massive grants” from Bloomberg’s anti-tobacco Bloomberg Initiative.
**Article then moves on to Bloomberg's environmental activities in the USA
*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 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]
*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]