He accuses the agency of failing in its basic mandate of protecting the public from dubious pharmaceutical and health products. He took the FDA to task for allowing continued sale of unregistered health products and criticizes the agency for issuing unenforceable health advisories. Our public health infrastructure is a disaster area. The original Malampaya field (Service Contract 38) had a 2,700 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of deposits. This is less than four percent of what the original Malampaya field held.

Source: Philippine Star January 23, 2026 16:33 UTC