Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago said she will file an amendment to the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill to make it mandatory for the proper government agencies to publish, not only the basic salary but also the allowances and other sources of personal income of all public officials, more particularly, senators like herself.
In the Philippines and most part of the world, e-cigarettes are not yet regulated since ?because they don't technically contain tobacco -- even though the nicotine in them is derived from tobacco.?
Any health supplement that is ?too good to be true? could be a scam, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned anew as a number of so-called health products continue to be sold in the Internet.
No typhoon can prevent the Filipinos from supporting its boxing champ Manny Pacquiao in his fight against Brandon Rios over the weekend. In fact, even online users from the typhoon-hit province of Leyte searched the most for the keyword ?Manny Pacquiao? according to Google Trends.
While local telcos Smart Communications and Globe Telecommunications are still doing their share to reestablish communications in the affected areas, local subsidiaries of multinational IT companies are also providing cash donations and deploying their own technologies to help the survivors.
From its original target of P9 million, the crowd-sourced fund campaign for survivors of Typhoon Yolanda has already collected over P10.3 million since its launch two weeks ago, organizers announced on Friday, Nov. 22.
