IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST Dr. Jose Pujalte, Jr. “People brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a cot.” – Matthew 9:2 , Common English Bible. To injure the spine and what it protects, the spinal cord, upends a life in an instant. If you break your neck with the cord crushed, everything...
There’ll be no argument when I say that 2020 was a very extraordinary year. Extraordinary for the wrong reasons; but insofar as it’s being unusual, I’m certain most will agree with me. For hospitals, medical centers, and the health care professionals and workers; they were the battlefront,...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST Dr. Jose Pujalte, Jr. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. – Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), Welsh poet. “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night,” Collected Poems (1952). This is just the...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We, Dagupeños, are proud of the appointment by US President Joe Biden of Filipina-American Camille Calimlim-Touton as deputy commissioner of the US Bureau of Reclamation. Calimlim-Touton’s parents, Carl Calimlim and Marlene Bangsal, are...
WEST PHILIPPINE SEA Shoal as seen in the Philippine Pavilion in Palazzo Mora (Andrea D' Altoe) I don’t apologize that it is only now that I am beginning to identify as a Filipino. I used to think that all that was Filipino in me was pure happenstance—I happened to be born in Manila of parents...
RFM Corporation reported that preliminary data showed that its net income grew to P1.28 billion last year from P1.22 billion in 2019 as revenues increased to P15.7 billion from P15 billion as sales grew because of the pandemic. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST Dr. Jose Pujalte, Jr. “Adios, queridosseres, morir es descansar.” — (Farewell to all I love; to die is to rest) Jose Rizal (1861 – 1896), Filipino nationalist and polymath Mi Ultimo Adios (My Last Farewell) (1892) In 1892, at around the time that Jose Rizal was...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House (Remarks at a virtual rally organized by the Universal Peace Federation with the theme “One Million People Praying for the Healing of the Nation and the World”) May I congratulate the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) led by our...
With the birth of Andi Eigenmann's baby boy Koa , grandma Jaclyn Jose couldn't be any happier for her beautiful daughter and growing family. "Congratulations anak for having a successful delivery of our newest member of the family—bouncing healthy baby boy!" View this post on Instagram A few...
From national artists to award-winning actors and drag queens, inspirational words of advice from our local creatives Last year brought us to our knees, yet here we are standing tall with courage, facing 2021 with hope and a positive perspective. To give us more inspiration to create and explore...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST Dr. Jose Pujalte, Jr. “Tell them I’ve had a wonderful life.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), Austrian-British philosopher on his deathbed, with prostate cancer Below a man’s urinary bladder and in front of his rectum lies a gland the size, the anatomist Henry...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We are saddened by the turn of political events in the US days before the inauguration of former Vice President Joe Biden as president on January 20, three days from now. The intensity of the venomous atmosphere, violent protests and...
