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Last June 11, 2008, the Bureau of Food and Drugs released a warning to all regarding the use of Varenicline. Varenicline is a drug prescribed to help patients quit smoking.

The decision came after the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) issued a similar warning last May 16, 2008.

We've attached here the BFAD advisory.

Telephone companies have reduced the cost of sending text messages between networks from the previous 1 peso per text to just 50 centavos per text.

The reduced text message rates will be available starting July 28, 2008 to October 22, 2008. According to Smart Communications, this is one of their promos.

Reminder to all our kababayan who use the taxi: starting July 25, 2008, taxi fare will be increased by P10.

According to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) only taxi's with the correct sticker will be allowed to charge the additional fare, but they can only do so on July 25, 2008.

Taxi's will not be allowed to charge the extra P10 before July 25, even if the taxi already has the sticker on the windshield. This is to clear the air regarding the early release of the stickers. The LTFRB made early releases to the stickers to avoid a bottleneck on taxi drivers and operators cramming to get stickers as July 25, 2008 approaches.

So again, come July 25, 2008 only taxi's with the correct sticker will be allowed to charge the extra fare.

To all those people who are using public transport like jeepneys, buses and taxis, don't be surprised that by Thursday, July 10, 2008 or Friday, July 11, 2008, there will be a higher minimum fare.

This is because the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) has approved the proposal of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for a fare increase brought about by continued oil price increase.

Here is the breakdown of the fare increase according to www.inquirer.net:

• jeepneys nationwide would now be charging P8.50 from P7.50 for the first four kilometers plus P0.25 for the succeeding kilometers;

It's a start of a new month for all of us and what better way to celebrate this than by adding new features to our site. We have added three new features:

First, you can now have your own avatar! Yes, members can now add your avatar of choice by clicking your My account link and then click the edit tab. Scroll down a bit and you will see a field where you can upload your own picture. Go, have fun uploading your avatar.

Second, members can now send invites to their friends to join our growing community. Just click the Invite friends link found at the right side of the site and add e-mail addresses of your friends. You can also add a personalize message if you really want to be personal about it.

From the bakitsira.net team, we would like to extend our condolences to the families of the victims of the MV Princess of the Stars sea tragedy. We hope and pray that there will more survivors from the shipwreck.

The tragedy cannot solely be blamed on Typhoon Frank and for the disaster to have a closure, there must be a thorough investigation on who is really to blame.