No health without oral health
THE FOURTH United Nations High Level Meeting (HLM4) on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) will take place on September 25 this year in New York.
Heads of...
‘Sana all’ always
“SANA ALL” is a little wish wrapped in three syllables. It is a fleeting moment of hope, admiration, or even a tinge of envy...
Dengue surge exposes gaps in school health preparedness
THE DEPARTMENT of Education (DepEd) Region 6 is wisely integrating dengue prevention into this year’s school clean-up efforts called “Brigada Eskwela”.
But the rising dengue...
‘Unreachable’
FOR THE first time, I am writing a column that calls out a regional director in both the Negros Island Region (NIR) and Western...
Good practices of measuring poverty rates
POVERTY measurement has long been a crucial issue. With millions of Filipinos struggling to meet their daily needs, the question remains: Are we measuring...
Ano ayhan ang mangin kapalaran ni VP Sara sa Impeachment Court?
SAMTANG ginabaisan pa kon san-o gid hiwaton ang Impeachment Trial sa kaso ni VP Sara Duterte, may mga haka-haka na kon ano...
On the delay of VP Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial
BAGONG Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) Panay strongly condemns the Marcos administration and its allies in the Senate for delaying the impeachment trial of Vice President...
The proper attitude toward the Blessed Sacrament
THIS IS something that we all have to learn as early as possible and as best that we can.
If we only realize what...
Mind games in class, 2
ONE MIGHT wonder: why would students engage in gaslighting? Often, these behaviors are not inherently malicious but emerge as coping mechanisms or power plays...