Ray Kerby A.

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10- Janssen

Republic Act No. 7394 or “THE CONSUMER ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES”

Issue no.1
Tesla to build self-driving tech into all cars

Meanwhile, Germany wants Tesla to stop advertising the "autopilot" functions on its cars
because it leads to false customer expectations, as the system comes under scrutiny following
two fatal crashes.

Transport regulator KBA has written to the company, telling it: "In order to prevent
misunderstandings and false expectations from clients, we are asking that the misleading term
'Autopilot' no longer be used in advertisements for the system."

The KBA letter cited in Bild am Sonntag was confirmed to AFP by the transport ministry.

Germany has been conducting an investigation into the autopilot system in vehicles made by
electric carmaker Tesla, which has been available with its Model S series since October 2015.

Questions have been raised over the system after two fatal crashes, one in northern China in
January and another in the US state of Florida in May.

In September, a Tesla electric car crashed into a tourist bus on a motorway in northern Germany,
lightly injuring the driver who said he had activated the vehicle's autopilot system.

At the time, Tesla said the driver had confirmed the autopilot was "functioning properly and...
was unrelated to the accident."

Link (http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/20/16/tesla-to-build-self-driving-tech-into-all-cars)

Linked to: ARTICLE 4. Definition of Terms.

Issue No. 2

Why costly shift to new credit cards won't fix security issues

CHICAGO - New technology about to be deployed by credit card companies will require U.S.
consumers to carry a new kind of card and retailers across the nation to upgrade payment
terminals. But despite a price tag of $8.65 billion, the shift will address only a narrow range of
security issues.

Credit card companies have set an October deadline for the switch to chip-enabled cards, which
come with embedded computer chips that make them far more difficult to clone. Counterfeit
cards, however, account for only about 37 percent of credit card fraud, and the new technology
will be nearly as vulnerable to other kinds of hacking and cyber attacks as current swipe-card
systems, security experts say.

Moreover, U.S. banks and card companies will not issue personal identification numbers (PINs)
with the new credit cards, an additional security measure that would render stolen or lost cards
virtually useless when making in-person purchases at a retail outlet. Instead, they will stick with
the present system of requiring signatures.

Anre Williams, president of global merchants services at American Express, cited cost and
complexity as reasons for not issuing PIN numbers, which would require a much larger
investment by card issuers. "It is the PIN management system that takes the effort," Williams
said, in part because of the additional customer support it requires.

Chip technology has been widely used in Europe for nearly two decades, but banks there
typically require PINs. Even so, the technology leaves data unprotected at three key points,
security experts say: When it enters a payment terminal, when it is transmitted through a
processor, and when it is stored in a retailer’s information systems. It also does not protect online
transactions.

Link (http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/03/07/15/why-costly-shift-new-credit-cards-wont-fix-
security-issues)

Linked to: ARTICLE 2. Declaration of Basic Policy.

Issue No. 3

Twenty-two poisoned by spoiled pastries sold by South Cotabato bakery

Twenty-two people were taken to hospital after eating cake and caramel candies from a bakery in
the region of Tupi, South Cotabato, Mindanao Island.
Officials said the victims complained of dizziness and abdominal pains after eating jelly roll
slices and homemade caramel candies.

Authorities are now saying that the bakery has been shut down by local officials after
discovering the jelly rolls were spoiled.

Police are confirming that nine of the 22 involved are still in the hospital.

A local radio station in nearby Koronadal City said the incident is the second in the provincial
area since last Sunday.

Link (http://philippineslifestyle.com/twenty-two-poisoned-by-spoiled-pastries-sold-by-south-
cotabato-bakery/)

Linked to: ARTICLE 4. Definition of Terms.

Issue No. 4
'Poison' candy victims rise to nearly 2,000

MANILA - The number of people who have fallen ill after eating a batch of "poisoned" candy in
the Philippines has risen to nearly 2,000, authorities said Monday as they worked to identify the
source of the contamination.

At least 1,925 people in the southern Philippines, most of them schoolchildren, were sick after
eating the fruit-flavored candy and 66 remain hospitalized, health department spokesman Lyndon
Lee Suy said.

The department's experts "are trying to investigate and consider all possible causes. It could be
intentional, it could be mishandling," he told AFP.

The victims complained of stomach cramps, diarrhea, vomiting and headaches after consuming
the durian-, mango- and mangosteen-flavored treats that were sold by vendors outside schools.

The number of people affected jumped by 600 from those initially reported when hospitals on
the southern island of Mindanao began treating patients on Friday.

Link ( http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/07/13/15/poison-candy-victims-rise-nearly-2000)

Linked to: ARTICLE 4. Definition of Terms.

Issue No. 5

Nearly 300 cops are drug users—PNP

MANILA - Nearly 300 policemen were found to have been using illegal drugs, data from the
Philippine National Police Internal Affairs Service (PNP IAS) bared Friday as the force girded
for its return to the frontlines of the administration's drug war.

PNP-IAS records showed that out of 180,000 police officers nationwide, 293 have been found
using illegal drugs based on a tally from July 2016 to December 2017.

Most of the drug users were from the three lowest ranks: 119 Police Officers 1, 68 Police
Officers 2, and 57 Police Officers 3.

Also found using narcotics were 23 Senior Police Officers 1, 10 Senior Police Officers 2, and 2
Senior Police Officers 3.

Several officials also tested positive for drug use: two Inspectors, one Chief Inspector and a
Superintendent.

The PNP has been conducting a series of random drug tests as part of its internal cleansing
program.

Link (http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/26/18/nearly-300-cops-are-drug-userspnp)

Linked to: ARTICLE 33. Banned or Restricted Drugs.

 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10354 or
“The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012”.

Issue No.1
Students bullied, discriminated in PH over gender identity: HRW

MANILA - Students in the Philippines suffer bullying and discrimination in school because of
their sexual orientation and gender identity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released
Thursday.

Titled "Just Let Us Be," the report said lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students
in secondary school experience "widespread bullying and harassment, discriminatory policies
and practices, and an absence of supportive resources" that put them at risk and undermine their
right to education.

"LGBT students in the Philippines are often the targets of ridicule and even violence," said Ryan
Thoreson, a fellow in the LGBT rights program at HRW.
"And in many instances, teachers and administrators are participating in this mistreatment
instead of speaking out against discrimination and creating classrooms where everybody can
learn," he said.

HRW's 68-page report said existing protections were irregularly or incompletely implemented,
and that many students were not aware of anti-bullying policies or did not know where to seek
help if they were persistently bullied.

LGBT issues were also rarely discussed in school curricula, and when they do arise, teachers
often make negative or dismissive comments about LGBT students, including instructing their
students that being LGBT is sinful or unnatural, HRW added.

Link (http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/22/17/students-bullied-discriminated-in-ph-over-gender-
identity-hrw)

Linked to:. SEC. 4. Definition of Terms

Issue No. 2
PH population to reach 107 million by end of 2018

MANILA - Philippine population is expected to balloon to 107.19 million by the end of 2018
due to an increase in women capable of reproducing, the Commission on Population (POPCOM)
said Wednesday.
At least 1.8 million Filipino babies are expected to be born this year, with 4,695 babies born
every day or 206 every hour, POPCOM Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III said.
POPCOM also noted a noticeable increase among women of reproductive age, with around
27.71 million Filipinas aged 15 to 49 this year.

The figure marks an increase of over 400,000 from last year's projection, POPCOM said.

"These women are usually the beneficiaries of reproductive health services under the
Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health law," the commission said.

The commission said women of reproductive age are expected to comprise 30.5 percent of the
population this year. And with the increasing trend of pregnancies among 10 to 14-year-old girls,
the number of women and girls of reproductive age would be around 33.11 million by the end of
the year.

Link (http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/03/18/ph-population-to-reach-107-million-by-end-of-
2018)

Linked to: SEC. 7. Access to Family Planning.

Issue No. 3

How Serena Williams' Near-Death Experience After Giving Birth Inspired Her Latest Fight

The major health complications that Serena Williams battled after giving birth to her now-
5-month-old daughter Alexis Olympia has inspired the tennis champion to speak out about
the importance of affordable health care.

In an opinion piece on CNN.com published Tuesday, Williams — who’s married toReddit

co-founder Alexis Ohanian — opened up more about her personal battles and how they
relate to the problems women have worldwide, writing, “Every mother, everywhere,
regardless of race or background deserves to have a healthy pregnancy and birth.”

Williams, 36, said she “almost died” after giving birth to her first child on Sept. 1. Her
heart rate plummeted to dangerously low levels during contractions, causing doctors to
perform an emergency cesarean section.

Though the surgery went well, what followed was a six-day battle with a pulmonary
embolism (a condition in which one or more arteries in the lungs becomes blocked by a
blood clot) that led to multiple surgeries and a handful of additional medical troubles for
the new mom.

Link(http://people.com/babies/serena-williams-childbirth-c-section-almost-died/)

Linked to: SEC. 4. Definition of Terms

Issue No. 4
HIV spread in PH shifts: Rising among youth, men having sex with men

MANILA – "The sales lady actually asked for my ID. And she asked me, what am I going to use
[the condoms] for, why am I buying a condom."

This, said 24-year-old Bryan, a peer educator from HIV/AIDS support group PinoyPlus, was his
experience when he once tried to buy contraceptives from a store in Metro Manila.

This kind of reaction, said international rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW), is the reason
why many Filipinos prefer to engage in unprotected sex, instead of preventing conception or
sexually transmitted diseases through contraceptives or infection of the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through condoms.

Bryan was one of the people interviewed by HRW for its report "Fueling the Philippines' HIV
Epidemic: Government Barriers to Condom Use by Men Who Have Sex with Men".

Poor government policies when it comes to condoms also contribute much to the steep rise in the
number of HIV infections among Filipinos in recent years, HRW said.

Link (http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/12/08/16/hiv-spread-in-ph-shifts-rising-among-youth-men-
having-sex-with-men)

Linked to: SEC. 9. The Philippine National Drug Formulary System and Family Planning
Supplies.

Issue No. 5
Philippines Sees Rise In Multiple Teen Pregnancies To Older Men

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Ralyn stopped going to school at the age of 14, when her
allowance from her mother, a laundry worker, wasn’t enough to cover school projects.

Embarrassed, Ralyn began to withdraw from group work at school until she eventually dropped
out altogether. Around that time, a friend introduced her to Mario, a truck driver who was 10
years older than her. Now aged 17, Ralyn has a two-year-old daughter with Mario.

The Philippines is struggling to manage its soaring teen pregnancy rates. The United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA) has found that teen pregnancies in the Philippines increased by
65% from 2000-2010. An estimated 24 babies are born to teen mothers every hour.
Now, advocates and health workers are identifying a new trend: Teenage girls are not just getting
pregnant, but doing so with much older men. They say it’s the need for financial security that
drives girls into such relationships.

“He’s a lot older than me, but at least he has a job and can provide for me and our child,” Ralyn
says of her husband.

Her family, already struggling to support Ralyn’s six other siblings, tacitly approves of the
relationship. “I feel jealous when I see my other friends going to school. I wish I were still going
to school. But it’s really better this way. I’m not a financial burden to my parents,” says Ralyn.

Link (https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/08/21/philippines-sees-rise-in-
multiple-teen-pregnancies-to-older-men)

Linked to: SEC. 10. Procurement and Distribution of Family Planning Supplies.
 Issues And Problems
That Linked To
RA 7394 And RA 10354