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Rebooting tourism (Part 3)
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE:OUR NEW ABNORMAL
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Mothers, take a bow
Phone calls, cards, chocolates, flowers, praises and surprise gifts – those gestures of admiration and love will be flowing all around today, between children and mothers, as the world celebrates Mother’s Day.
On this day, we call on all mothers to take a bow for bringing kindness into this world. Kindness is a virtue people first learned from a mother. It is a virtue that offered help to strangers who lost their jobs during the pandemic, or who lost their houses to natural disasters. It is a virtue that will keep our bayanihan culture alive. -
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What a relief! Political campaigns end at midnight
At exactly 12:01 a.m., May 8, 2022, all forms and semblance of campaigning must stop. The miting de avance today of various candidates for national and local posts must also end at that time, formally concluding the 150-day election period that started in Jan. 9. How time flies! And what a ride it has been.
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Long overdue: Continuing financial benefits for health workers during a pandemic
Better late than never, so it seemed, when President Duterte signed last week Republic Act 11712, or the “Public Health Emergency Benefits and Allowances for Health Care Workers Act.” This law grants mandatory continuing benefits to public and private health workers during the pandemic and other future public health emergencies.
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