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Ella Oducayen
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Eggs aren’t bad for one’s health after all
by Ella Oducayen - September 24, 2001 - 12:00am
At the first Philippine Egg Show at SM Megamall’s Megatrade Hall 2 in Mandaluyong City, doctors disproved the misconception that eggs can increase the risk of having hypertension and cardiovascular diseases...
High Court favors cigarette warning labels
by Ella Oducayen - September 20, 2001 - 12:00am
Boosting the Department of Health’s (DOH) campaign against smoking, the Supreme Court has finally ruled in favor of displaying warning labels on the danger smoking poses to one’s health, on both sides of...
DOH sets targets for anti-TB program
by Ella Oducayen - August 20, 2001 - 12:00am
The Department of Health (DOH) aims to treat almost half of Filipinos afflicted with an infectious type of tuberculosis before the year ends. Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit said they target 100,000 of the 230,000...
Wanna quit smoking? Help is now within reach
by Ella Oducayen - July 23, 2001 - 12:00am
Have you always been a failure in your attempts to quit the nasty smoking habit? Don’t lose hope. The Sto. Tomas University Hospital (STUH)-Lung Institute Nicotine Dependence Treatment Program in Manila could...
DOH raises dengue alert
by Ella Oducayen - July 18, 2001 - 12:00am
The Department of Health (DOH) warned the public yesterday of an alarming increase in dengue fever cases nationwide and urged all local government units to do their share in preventing an epidemic. "We are...
DOH: Don’t panic about soy sauce
by Ella Oducayen - July 17, 2001 - 12:00am
Don’t throw out that bottle of soy sauce yet. Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit advised consumers yesterday not to panic in the wake of reports that 22 imported brands of soy sauce and similar oriental seasonings...
USAID stops grant to RP’s AIDS program
by Ella Oducayen - July 13, 2001 - 12:00am
The country’s low HIV and AIDS infection rate has prompted the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to phase out its funding support for the country’s HIV-AIDS surveillance project. The...
35 vans of tainted meat to be sent back
by Ella Oducayen - March 9, 2001 - 12:00am
The Bureau of Customs assured the public yesterday that all the 35 container vans holding thousands of kilos of beef from Europe will be shipped back by March 13. Customs Commissioner Titus Villanueva made the assurance...
8 dead in Baclaran blast
by Ella Oducayen - April 17, 2000 - 12:00am
Eight people were killed and over 30 others were wounded in a grenade blast set off by unidentified men on a busy intersection in Baclaran, Parañaque yesterday afternoon. Police investigators said the...
Pasay prosecutor replaced by DOJ
by Ella Oducayen - April 7, 2000 - 12:00am
Justice Secretary Artemio Tuquero has temporarily replaced the Pasay City Prosecutor after his brother was accused of campaigning for a candidate in the April 15 recall elections. Tuquero designated Senior State...
Jessica: It's wrong Joey Filart, again
by Ella Oducayen - February 21, 2000 - 12:00am
Oops, wrong guy. The Joey Filart arrested by the police in Isabela last Friday was the same person the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) apprehended in 1995 and cleared by Jessica Alfaro, the star witness...
Is he the right Filart?
by Ella Oducayen - February 20, 2000 - 12:00am
He may be a real Joey Filart, but is he the right one? Joey Filart, the alleged seventh suspect in the controversial Vizconde massacre, was flown to Manila yesterday and brought to the Parañaque City...
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