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The Philippines’ food and drug regulatory agency has suspended for a year the sale of Dengvaxia, the dengue vaccine produced by Sanofi Pasteur whose procurement was apparently rushed during the Aquino administration to be used in a vaccination program in the middle of an election ban in 2016.
President Rodrigo Duterte has fired another official for frequent trips abroad – the first this year when his policy for less foreign travels take effect.
The Philippines is also starting to realize how changes in taxes, which have taken effect in January, will burden consumers.
Overseas, countries continue to grapple with the spread of lies and misinformation on social media. France wants a law to combat fake “news,” while in Myanmar Facebook is being used to normalize the murder of Rohingya Muslims.
Here are the big stories you shouldn’t miss today.
(UPDATED) Sanofi is punished for failing to comply with post-marketing authorization requirements for its controversial dengue vaccine
(UPDATED) Marcial Quirico Amaro III is fired for going on 18 foreign trips in 2017, announces Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque
Authorities suspect the illegal drugs came from a foreign cargo vessel marked ‘Jin Ming’
The BIR claims customs fixer Mark Taguba – the whistleblower in the smuggled P6.4-billlon shabu shipment – owes the government P850 million
Renaldo Balkman hopes to earn his redemption on the court, both with his play and his attitude
Macron: ‘We are going to develop our legal means of protecting democracy against fake news’
Facebook’s virtual coercive is one of division, competing realities and a lack of mutual acceptance. In Facebook’s virtual coercive, fiction is reality and lies can validate.
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