New research reveals a global issue: The tobacco industry is embedding itself in retail markets like grocery stores and street vendors near schools in Egypt, Pakistan and Jordan. Read the report to see how kids are targeted where they should be safe. Available in Arabic,

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🚨 By 2050, nearly 2 in 3 adults over 25 could be overweight or obese. The new #WorldHeartReport, just launched at the #WorldHeartSummit, urges global action to reverse this trajectory. Learn more:

Peace be with you all! This is the first greeting spoken by the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd. I would like this greeting of peace to resound in your hearts, in your families, and among all people, wherever they may be, in every nation and throughout the world.

War is never inevitable. Weapons can and must fall silent, for they never solve problems but only intensify them. Those who sow peace will endure throughout history, not those who reap victims. Others are not enemies to hate but human beings with whom to speak.

Nothing says “peaceful rise” like sailing a full-blown carrier strike group—including an aircraft carrier and eight warships—right up to another country’s backyard during allied defense drills. China’s really out here redefining “innocent passage” as “creep as close as legally

More than 50 public health and tobacco control organizations around the world are calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) to revoke the Philippines’ nomination to lead the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA), citing serious concerns about the country's recent engagements with

The groups specifically criticized a ceremony held on March 20, 2025, at Malacañang, where officials accepted four mobile clinics donated by PMI and its local affiliate. A similar donation from the same tobacco company had been received just months prior. “These donations

🚭💰 Health taxes save lives—and raise revenue. A new article from the IMF makes a strong case for health taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks. These taxes not only reduce harmful consumption but also generate vital funds for health systems and development. Under

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should fire Finance Secretary Ralph Recto to stop him from complicating his life and hindering the accomplishment of major tasks and the fulfillment of his promises to the Filipino people. How can you move when your finance secretary is in a

SEATCA head slams health chief for photo op with tobacco execs

@wagkamote What does he think ? Any grade one student knows it’s dishonorable , disturbing and disrespectful act to be in one frame and use the donated vehicles by a huge tobacco company. I’m sure it was not given for a song @DOHgovph @sintaxcoalition @YulDorotheo @MinguitaPadilla

Herbosa faced criticism from the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) for posing for photographs with some executives of Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Co. The company donated mobile laboratory clinics and a water station to the Department of Social Welfare and

[OKAY, THIS SHOULD GET OUT THERE] Don't vote for VILLAR Thread These Villars portraying themselves as champions of the poor, deeply connected to the struggles of ordinary Filipnos — but let me share a PERSONAL STORY of how I have dealt w/ Camella, a business under their empire.

SC Justice Jhosep Lopez: PhilHealth covered only 2% of my ₱7M cancer bill

Ipinasa natin ang Sagip Saka Law noong tayo ay nasa Senado noong 2019 upang bilhin direkta sa mga magsasaka at mangingisda ang kanilang mga ani at huli ng gobyerno at pribadong sektor. Sa ating pag-iikot sa bansa mula pa noong nakaraang kampanya hanggang ngayon ay

Nilabag daw ng Pilipinas ang Article 59 ng Rome Statute noong inaresto si Dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte? Tama ba ito?

Bakit ba hinayaan ng gobyerno na kumilos ang International Criminal Court (ICC) sa Pilipinas, eh nag-withdraw na ang Pilipinas sa ICC noong 2019? Ano bang desisyon ng Korte Suprema dito?

At least 5 Chinese vessels including 3 Chinese Cost Guard ships are seen harassing a small Filipino boat on resupply mission to Second Thomas Shoal. Second Thomas Shoal is Philippines's territory & China's presence in the region is coercive & illegal. @ChongJaIan @DrewPavlou