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New research from the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at Johns Hopkins University reveals that vaping among Filipino young people has increased sharply since 2022, when national rules were relaxed to allow flavored e-cigarettes and lower the legal purchase age from 21 to 18 years old. Data from the Food and Nutrition Research Institute shows youth vaping rates rose from 7.5 percent in 2021 to nearly 40 percent in 2023.

Leading telecommunications firm PLDT Inc. and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications Inc. have expressed full support to the Philippine Chamber of Telecommunication Operators (PCTO) in the national effort to end online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC).

Hotel101-Davao is set to begin operations on July 30, 2026, marking its entry into Mindanao as the largest hotel in the region with 519 rooms, DoubleDragon Corp. said.