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Aspartame et al.

By Korina Sanchez | August 11, 2015 - 10:00am

I read that soft drink giant Pepsi will stop using aspartame as its artificial sweetener in its diet line of sodas.

Freeman Opinion

Cancer-causing foods that you really should avoid

By Alixandra Caole Vila | Over a year ago

Admit it or not, after a long tiring day at the office or after dragging hours of listening to your teacher’s lecture,...

Health And Family

FNRI develops soy-based sausage

April 23, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - The Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology has developed a soy-based sausage that could help prevent the risk of acquiring cancer and cardiovascular...

Science and Environment

Food labels: Watch out for the fine print

By Ching M. Alano | August 21, 2007 - 12:00am

Cruising the aisles of your favorite supermarket, you make a sudden stop to check out the labels of some food products on your shopping list. It’s written in English, all right, but it seems Greek to you. Well,...

Health And Family

Biotech industry slams EU council on GMO rule

By Antonio M. Claparols | December 18, 2005 - 12:00am

The EU Agricultural Council’s decision to uphold a Greek ban on genetically modified (GM) corn is slammed by the EuropaBio claiming that the judgement flies in the face of European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)...

Agriculture

Rats fed with GM corn found with abnormalities

By Antonio M. Claparols | June 19, 2005 - 12:00am

Rats secretly tested by Monsanto with genetically modified (GM) corn diets have reportedly developed blood and organ abnormalities, thereby prompting environmentalists and food security activists in New Delhi, India...

Agriculture

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Philippines protests Chinaâ��s new coast guard law

Philippines protests China’s new coast guard law

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has filed a diplomatic protest with China over its new law authorizing its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels and destroy structures in the East China Sea and South China Sea.

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(Updated 5:52 p.m.) After saying it's "none of our business," Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said he fired a diplomatic protest "after reflection."

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‘China owes us an explanation': Senators flag Beijing law allowing coast guard to fire on foreign ships

Breaking with messaging from the Palace and the country's top diplomat, Sen. Richard Gordon on Tuesday said China must justify to the Philippines a new law allowing its coast guard to fire on ships in disputed waters.

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'Clear message' needed on China law allowing its coast guard to fire on foreign ships — expert

"Any use of force should be considered as a hostile act or an act of aggression. That should be the clear message of Southeast Asian states," Director of the University of the Philippines Institute for Maritime Affairs Jay Batongbacal said.

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With China's new law vs foreign ships, Palace hopes no country would worsen WPS tensions

The law, which was approved as the world is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, allows the Chinese coast guard to destroy structures built by other countries on Beijing-claimed islands and reefs.

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