St. Luke's Medical Center has just opened its first outpatient care services in SM City BF Parañaque, offering a comprehensive range of bloodwork and dialysis services to the community. It is an important milestone for St. Luke’s as it marks the first step toward providing quality and accessible...
The Philippines’ pioneer of hearing care, Manila Hearing Aid, and their long-term partnership with the globally-renowned hearing aid technology provider, Phonak, launched their newest platform to upgrade their Audeo hearing aid series. This exemplifies innovation in the field of hearing care....
Water is not something we “value” on a daily basis unless we turn on the faucet and nothing drops out of it. Suddenly, we realize that having no water is not only inconvenient, but also life threatening. All our lives, water is abundant and we use it without limitations; but what if one day we...
The proposal to create mental health offices in school divisions as a way to address the emotional, psychological, and mental health needs of pupils and teachers has moved one step closer to enactment. (Anthony Tran/ Unsplash) This, after the House of Representatives unanimously passed on third and...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid is now pushing passage of a bill that seeks to strengthen the promotion and delivery of mental health services amid the rising cases of mental health issues among learners and school personnel. Lapid, in filing Senate Bill No. 1795 or the proposed “Basic Education...
The House of Representatives has passed on second reading the proposed “Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act". (MANILA BULLETIN) Approved via simple voice vote during plenary session Tuesday afternoon, Jan.24 was House Bill (HB) No. 6574. The measure is a consolidation of...
Today is Chinese New Year, also called Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival. It is the most important festival in China. Reports say tens of millions of people in China headed to their rural hometowns starting Friday to keep the tradition of celebrating the start of the new year with their...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan “The destiny of nations depends on what and how they eat” — Brillat-Savarin (French politician and gourmand who had a cheese named after him) It’s said that a man’s heart is through his stomach, and so it is with countries. A well-fed person has a better capacity...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a measure seeking to strengthen the delivery of mental health services in basic education schools in the Philippines. Gatchalian filed Senate Bill (SB) No. 379 or the Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act in hopes of immediately countering...
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia was recently trending because of a “controversial” Executive Order that she signed, making the wearing of face masks optional in open and well-ventilated spaces. She clarified that this is “not totally scrapping the wearing of face mask” but giving people “a...
(MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed its support for the conduct of face-to-face classes amid the ongoing threat of Covid-19. Attending classes physically has multiple benefits for students, the DOH said. "Face-to-face attendance in school will allow children to...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on member states to undertake steps that give more importance to people’s happiness and well-being in determining how to achieve and measure social and economic development. The resolution...
