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hopeless_race : Mukhang tikom ang bibig ng lahat pagdating sa diskarte ng mga politiko sa pagutang ng mga bilyon bilyon sa gobyerno na tinatakbuhan. Itong pamamaraan na ito ang tunay na kumakain ng malaking porsyento ng ating national budget batay na din sa sinasabi ng world bank.
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hopeless_race : Nagmimistulang "small time" lamang ang malversation of funds kumpara sa laki ng kinakamal ng mga umuutang sa gobyerno. At ito ay malinaw na natatakbuhan dahil hindi nga naman pwede makulong ang may-ari ng kumpanya sa pagkaka-utang lamang. Tunay na mga tuso at magagaling sa batas itong mga politiko natin. Masasabi ko na malamang lahat ng mga politiko ganito ang diskarte...wala pang kulong.
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The Philippine Milk Code: A timeline

Posted by: Lala Ordenes-Cascolan | June 20, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Filed under: In the News, Public Health

BELOW is a chronology of events leading to the enactment of Executive Order No. 51, the Philippine Milk Code, and subsequent developments on the issue:

1981

Prof. Esteban Bautista of the UP Law Center drafted the Philippine National Code to regulate the marketing of breast milk substitutes, breast milk supplements and related products.

1981–1985

NGOs led by the National Coalition for the Promotion of Breastfeeding (NCPB), later named BUNSO, lobbied for the passage of the Philippine Code to the Batasan Pambansa lawmakers.

1983

Unicef supported the formation of the National Movement for the Promotion of Breastfeeding (NMPB), a conglomerate of government, NGOs and medical societies.

1986

BUNSO staged a street march of breastfeeding mothers and babies together with community leaders and doctors, lawyers and church representatives, in front of the offices of four milk companies: Nestle, Mead Johnson, Wyeth-Suaco, and Abbott-Ross.

Breastfeeding mothers and babies joined the final drafting of the Philippine National Code popularly known as the Milk Code, along with the Department of Health and Malacañang legal team.

In October, President Corazon Aquino, joined by Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo, signed Executive Order 51 or the Milk Code. The ceremony was led by Health Secretary Alran Bengzon. It was graced by breastfeeding mothers and babies representing BUNSO and NMPB.

1987

EO 51 took effect, Wyeth introduced follow-on formulas for six-month-old babies. When the Milk Code was still being drafted, follow-on formula was not yet invented.

1990s

Improvements on the Milk Code’s IRR were made with the addition of a ban on follow-on formula that undermined breastfeeding as guided by World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolutions that stated: “follow-on or follow-up formulas are unnecessary because after six months, the baby starts to take complementary foods together with sustained breastfeeding.

1992

The Senate passed Republic Act 7600 or the Rooming-In/Breastfeeding Act. Breastfeeding mothers and their babies filed a petition and attended the public hearings. RA 7600 cited that breastfeeding could save the country valuable foreign exchange that would otherwise be used for milk importation.

1993

The Mother and Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative was launched.

1994

Task Force Milk Code was formed.

1995

Task Force Milk Code actively proposed stringent implementation of the Milk Code.

2000

Task Force Milk Code’s resolutions were overturned by an Administrative Order issued by then secretary of Health Alberto Romualdez. The Milk Code’s IRR were revised, allowing milk manufacturers to be engaged in all forms of breastfeeding activities such as education, production and development of breastfeeding materials.

2004

The Secretary of Health, Manuel Dayrit, signed the National Plan of Action 2005–2010 on Infant and Young Child Feeding.

Task Force Milk Code began discussion and debate on the first draft of the revised IRR. Nestle represented the milk companies.

2005

The 11th and 12th drafts of the revised IRR were discussed in public hearings led by BFAD–DOH. Simultaneously, the Senate, House of Representatives and Malacañang had public hearing inquiries on Milk Code.

2006

The Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP) filed a suit against the Secretary of Health and all the undersecretaries and assistant secretaries who signed the revised IRR. PHAP petitioned for a temporary restraining order on it’s implementation. The Supreme Court denied PHAP’s petition.

On August 11, Thomas Donahue, President and Chief Executive Officer of the United States Chamber of Commerce, wrote to the President Gloria MAcapagal-Arroyo. The letter said that the RIRR “would have unintended negative consequences for investors’ confidence in the predictability of business law in the Philippines.”

On August 15, the Supreme Court overturned its previous decision and imposed a TRO on the RIRR. Representing PHAP was Atty. Felicitas Aquino-Arroyo, the wife of Senator Joker Arroyo, who was the executive secretary who signed the Milk Code in 1986.

In November, the office of the Solicitor General petitioned the Supreme Court to lift the TRO.

2007

On June 19, the Department of Health and Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP) will present oral arguments before the Supreme Court.

Source: United Nations Population Fund

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