(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa on Tuesday ordered the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to coordinate with the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the fake online advertisements using celebrities to endorse food and drug products. Herbosa issued the order in reaction to Sen. Jinggoy Estrada’s Senate resolution calling for an inquiry into the…
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(ONE NEWS) Medical doctors with a social media following, like Willie Ong and Anthony Leachon, have filed cases with the National Bureau of Investigation’s cybercrime division, but fake advertisements persist. The Department of Health (DOH) will instruct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to probe the online proliferation of fake celebrity endorsements of unregistered drugs…
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(MALAYA) SEN. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has filed a resolution urging the appropriate Senate committee to conduct an investigation on what he said were the deceptive online advertisements of various unregistered products using well-known personalities as endorsers. In filing Senate Resolution No. 666, Estrada said: “The names and pictures of famous Filipino personalities and celebrities such…
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