Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 4) — The country’s health chief on Tuesday said he will instruct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to coordinate with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in fighting the spread of fake online advertisements with popular endorsers of drug and food supplements.
Health Secretary Ted Herbosa said in a Palace briefing that he has personally seen such ads on social media, including those that illegally use the name and photos of his well-known friends who are physicians.
“Some of the personalities, Dr. Willie Ong, Dr. (Tony) Leachon have actually filed cases with the cybercrime division of the NBI, pero nawawala and then bumabalik [and the ads disappear but then eventually resurface],” Herbosa told reporters.
“I’ll instruct the head of FDA, (Samuel) Zacate, to actually coordinate with the NBI to really get to the bottom of this,” he said.
Earlier, Senator Jinggoy Estrada filed a resolution urging the Senate to investigate these fraudulent ads, which he said violate the Consumer Act.
