Michael Bloomberg: Difference between revisions

*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]===

**2016: MMDA received US$160,000.

*“The FDA has conducted multiple researches and consultations with different groups, and these groups they consulted with are also funded by The Union and Bloomberg Initiative. There have been multiple instances wherein every time there is an anti-tobacco regulation that comes out of either the FDA or DOH, it coincides with grants coming from Bloomberg,” Nograles noted.

===2021 Apr 12 - [https://filtermag.org/bloomberg-nicotine-duterte-drug-war/ Bloomberg Anti-Nicotine Lobby Among US Backers of Duterte’s Drug War]===

*“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>”

===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

===2017 June 28 - [https://www.bloomberg.org/blog/public-health-team-qa-recent-wins-tobacco-control-globally-us/ Public Health Team Q&A: Recent wins in tobacco control globally and in the US]===

*Currently, the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use (BI) focuses on 10 priority countries (India, China, Brazil, Mexico, Viet Nam, Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Ukraine) and it supports the implementation of the WHO MPOWER policies – a set of evidence based policies such as smoke-free public places and advertising bans. Other areas of work include, holding the tobacco industry accountable, using global communications efforts to keep tobacco control on the global public health agenda, and further deepening support for tobacco taxes.

===2012 Mar 23 - [https://www.rappler.com/nation/why-mike-bloomberg-loves-this-pinoy-group?fbclid=IwAR0lmXSB471iy_QIaXg1znPjsBEw3gkDpXvR0DWKyTEkCj8mXIQatX6JObo Why Mike Bloomberg loves this Pinoy group]===

*The Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use is the world's largest coordinated effort to reduce harm caused by tobacco globally. The MMDA smoking ban program is, in fact, a recipient of a P9.5-M grant from the Bloomberg Initiative.  

*Bloomberg, since he became mayor of New York in 2002, has implemented strict tobacco control laws. In 2007, he launched the Bloomberg Initiative, as part of the Bloomberg Philanthrophies, and has since supported tobacco control work in '''38 countries'''.

===FDA Scandal (Philippine)===

**The reason the DOH cited for holding on to the donated respirators is the Joint DOH- Civil Service Commission Memorandum Circular 2010-01 signed by then CSC chair now DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III prohibiting government interaction with the tobacco industry which includes receipt of donations.

**The discovery of the rotting respirators surfaced during the public hearing conducted by the House Committee on Good Government on reports that the DOH and the Food and Drug Administration received money from anti-tobacco, foreign interest groups led by the Bloomberg Initiative. “It is sad that the DOH prioritized the advocacy of foreigners at the expense of the lives of Filipino people,” Nograles said.  

===Vaccine Scandal - Unintended Consequences (Philippines)===