Monthly Archives: January 2022
Living with the plague
Remember when being afflicted with cancer was a virtual death sentence? And remember when HIV was considered by born-again Christians as God’s’ punishment for the sinfulness of mankind?
Well, the Big C is still considered a fast track to the cemetery, although, just as a death sentence can be commuted, the remission of cancer has become possible with medical developments. On the other hand, HIV has now become more acceptable in polite company, even as HIV-afflicted folks l...
Can we move the community by reading books?
Is this possible?
Seattle started in 1998 One Book, One Community, a project which emphasized the phenomenon of reading books to ignite and make the community more viable and connected. Since then, this reading program has been growing steadily across the country.
In the Silicon Valley, the Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) started the Silicon Valley Reads, a county-wide community engagement program that offers free events and activities centered around books and ...
Wisdom vs COVID
Where does oxygen come from?
Oxygen, which makes up about 20% of the air we breathe in, is an odorless, colorless, tasteless gas, that is essential for the production of energy and, therefore, to life. Its main source is from living green plants. The ambient air we inhale is absorbed by the lungs which “extracts” and filters oxygen, which then combines with hemoglobin (red pigment in blood cells). The resultant oxyhemoglobin is circulated throughout the body by the pumping a...
Health workers ‘slaves’, not ‘heroes’, to comply with shortened quarantine
The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) slammed the Department of Health (DOH) order to shorten the duration of isolation and quarantine of fully-vaccinated health workers, stressing it would endanger their health and patients’ as well.
DOH Circular 2022-002 Section E or the “Amended Quarantine and Isolation Period for Health Care Workers as Contingency Measure for Sustaining Health Care Capacity” authorizes the Hospital Infection Prevention & Control Committees and Provi...
Renewed call to extend president’s, House reps’ terms scrapped by solons
MANILA -- Several senators rebuffed a fresh attempt at extending the terms of top government officials on January 10.
Running mates Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III and Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson shared the same sentiment that the 18th Congress will have no time to tackle Charter Change.
“It’s too late in the day,” Sotto said in a text message to reporters.
“They should try that in the 19th Congress. Good luck,” he added.
“Kung nun ngang mga nakaraang tao...
Japan think-tank sees Robredo better for business than Marcos
The Japan-based economics-oriented think tank Nomura Global Research said in its monthly report that Vice-president Leni Robredo is likely to be good for business than former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. who is less “market-friendly.”
In an article entitled "Philippines: No holiday cheer," Nomura Global said that Robredo is “likely seen” more qualified to oversee the post-pandemic recovery of the country, citing the presidential candidate’s strategic roadmap tha...
Marcos Jr.’s snub of disqualification hearing angers Comelec chief
His failure to attend the disqualification hearing against him last week was a point against presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon was visibly irked when Marcos Jr.’s lawyer claimed the candidate was sick but provided no medical certificate to prove the same.
Worst of all, the camp of Marcos Jr. offered no valid reason to explain why he could not even show up via Zoom.
Netizens laughed off the claim ...
What is considered a Marriage Fraud
It is important to know how USCIS determines a marriage to be fraudulent and what is the required evidence to reach that determination. If the USCIS determines a marriage to be fraudulent under INA Sec. 204(c) no future petition will be approved for the alien involved. A good point of reference is the case decided by BIA on August 23, 2019.
In the BIA case Matter of P. SINGH, the board issued a ruling about the evidence required to deny a petition for an alien who was pr...
Cusi petition a cause for concern
Laughable” was how Kontra Daya convenor Danny Arao described the petition filed by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi as president of his faction of the ruling PDP-Laban asking the Commission on Elections to reopen the filing of the certificates of candidacy for the May 9, 2022 national elections.
Indeed, the Cusi petition was just as “laughable” as all the PDP-Laban Cusi wing’s actions from the time his group ousted Sen. Manny Pacquiao as president of the ruling party, made an...