BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara As this goes to print, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the country is most likely to have breached the 200,000 mark — a little more than three weeks after surpassing the 100,000 mark earlier this month. More than 130,000 have recovered, yes, but there are still...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina These are difficult times and the near future is beset with uncertainties as the coronavirus pandemic continues its rampage. Around 5.2 million Filipino families or 20.9 percent of the population found themselves with nothing to eat at least for once...
Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra, second from right, joins officials from the Department of Social Welfare and Development during the distributions of cash and relief assistance to local professional boxers in General Santos City. Also on photo are, from left, DSWD regional...
Angel Thoughts A minute of heroism is better than decades of useless life. — Ninoy Aquino LAKAS NG BAYAN Ninoy served as a Senator of the Philippines and governor of the province of Tarlac The 37 th anniversary of the assassination of Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino was quietly...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara A young couple in London was interviewed in a recent CNN Business article about their decision to move out of the city—something unheard of, practically a few months back. As the article explains, many people have tolerated the smaller living spaces combined with...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. It’s one of the longest words in the English language and it may mean something so wonderful and extremely good. Being so, one may relate it to the awaited coronavirus vaccine being developed — the long road...
Angel Thoughts Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. —Desmond Tutu MANILA MAN Lim at the Bulong Pulungan Christmas Party 2015, seated beside him is the author Alfredo Siojo Lim died at 90, leaving behind legends of his colorful life, from a poor orphaned boy...
BETTER DAYS With all that has been happening here in our country, it easy to overlook good news. Amid the pandemic, it would be far from our minds to think that some of our fellow Filipinos would stand out to be among the most innovative thinkers, not only in Asia, but potentially across the...
FINDING ANSWERS Despite all the lockdowns and stringent measures already laid out, how come we have not flattened the curve of the coronavirus that continues to spread widely? I dare say the fault lies in enforcement. And I say this based on my experience tackling the SARS epidemic in 2003 when I...
BETTER DAYS It was only last year that the claims of WellMed Dialysis & Laboratory Center Corporation came to a head with the National Bureau of Investigation filing complaints of estafa and falsification of public documents against the company on June 11, 2019. Apparently, WellMed had been...
FINDING ANSWERS President Duterte’s swift decision to put Metro Manila and the provinces of Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, and Bulacan under the stricter modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from Aug. 4 to 18 is a welcome development for our medical community. While it was short of the ECQ or...
BETTER DAYS The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of our society, especially our employment and economic realities. As of the April, 2020, Labor Force Survey from the Philippine Statistics Authority, the unemployment rate rose to 17.7 percent, which translates to around 7.3 million...
