MANILA, Philippines — Foreign private organizations may try to influence the Philippines’ national policies through grants awarded to government agencies — which is “an attack” on the country’s sovereignty.
Deputy Speaker Deogracias Victor Savellano and Rep. Jericho Nograles of the Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta party-list group repeated that warning in a statement issued on Monday.
It was the same warning they gave during a congressional hearing conducted last March 16 by the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability on the regulation of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs).
At that hearing, the two lawmakers noted that Director-General Eric Do…
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