Driving the drivers mad
THE TRANSPORTATION sector is among the hardest hit by the pandemic and would therefore need immense government assistance and support. However, the Land Transportation...
Needless deaths and the disconnect between hospitals and PhilHealth
CARLO Pana is a Christian missionary based in Cebu with his wife, Elma, and only child, Charael. Dedicated and selfless ministers of the Bible,...
What fruits can we reap after 500 years?
IāM REFERRING to the 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines, the preparation for the celebration of its anniversary the Archdiocese of Cebu, in...
Can our financial institutions gain international respect?
THE RECENT international downgrading of our banking system which puts us on the international āgray listā of financial institutions which are not operating with...
100,000 reasons
THERE are so many headlines about COVID and vaccines and deaths that they eventually blur into one mass that now seems to pass by....
The pearly white list
THE DECAYED, Missing, and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index has been used since the 1930s.
Today it is the most common way all over the world...
Pricing and democracy, 2
IN THEORY, democracy is supposed to be a social contract between and among all citizens, wherein all citizens would participate in building and sustaining...
Enough
THE Commission on Audit (COA) says some P119 billion intended to strengthen the Department of Healthās capacity to address the COVID-19 pandemic remain unused,...