Pangasinan 2^nd District Representative Mark O. Cojuangco recently met with Bishop Jacinto Jose of the Diocese of Urdaneta in Pangasinan. The dialogue between Cojuangco and Bishop Jose focused on Cojuangco's advocacy for using nuclear energy to stimulate economic growth.

Domestic abuse continues daily in Philippine households, alongside wife battery, maltreatment, and rape, while children face online sexual abuse and exploitation, violent discipline, incest, bullying, neglect, psychological abuse, and economic exploitation.

MANILA —New evidence from a survey of Filipino adults who smoke suggests that a 23% increase on cigarette taxes, from ₱69.46 to ₱90.00, and requiring that cigarette packs carry larger health warning labels (HWLs) are likely to motivate more people to consider quitting.