Heart disease remains the number 1 killer; diabetes and dementia are now among the top ten. It has remained the leading cause of death worldwide for the last 20 years. It is now killing more people than ever before. Seven of the world’s top 10 causes of death are non-communicable diseases. In 2000, only four …
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Vice Mayor Bartolome is Toboso’s acting mayor for 2 days
In a press conference held at the Toboso Sangguniang Bayan (SB) session hall last March 4 upon the invitation of Vice Mayor Jesse Rex Bartolome, together with SB members Madelene Dela Torre, Peter Wendell Estrada Jr. and Marco Valencia, they revealed the issue about the rice subsidy intended to be given to their poor and …
Self-mutilation
It is an ailment whose name is as strange as the syndrome: its main symptom is self-mutilation. Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is a disease related to genetic abnormality to metabolize the enzymes of uric acid. Japanese researchers tell the story of a male patient diagnosed with severe case of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. The good news is that the …
When things get toxic
Bad days do happen! Let’s hope they will just be few and far between. But there certainly are days when we will have a perfect storm, when everything seems to conspire against us. Physically we can be a wreck. Emotionally we are shattered. Mentally we seem to be numb and frozen. Even spiritually we seem …
Please avoid gossiping
This may be the favorite pastime of many people, but it is never good to gossip. To gossip is at least bad manners. If ever we have to talk about somebody with some of our friends, only nice, edifying things should be said. We actually have no right to say negative things about others for …
Overpaying family members is dangerous
There are many founders of family-owned and -operated businesses that are notorious for often paying excessive amounts of compensation to family members. These compensation usually exceed market value. In some cases, unconscionably high! Founders and business owners must never toy around with a family member’s remuneration package. It is a very sensitive topic as it …
Our best link with Christ
We need to realize more deeply what a tremendous reality we have in the Holy Eucharist! We have Christ himself in his real presence, he who is the Son of God who became man to save us. And we have him as the main food and sustenance in our arduous spiritual journey here on earth. …
Will Rabiya Mateo finally meet her dad in America?
“Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.” – Tryon Edwards Now that the Miss Universe Organization has set the 69th competition of the 2021 Miss Universe in the United States on May 16, will Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Occeña Mateo finally meet her long-lost biological father who …
When failures come
Failures do happen in our lives. They can happen everyday, and many times during the day. They may not be big failures. They are usually small ones. But they are somehow like a constant feature of our life. We should not anymore be surprised by this fact of life, and much less, held captive by …
Muntinlupa City @26
Muntinlupa City which turned 26 on March 1 marked the milestone event with subdued ceremony where Mayor Jaime R. Fresnedi laid down plans for the recovery of the city. March 1, 1995 marked the day when President Fidel V. Ramos signed the city charter conferring on the former fifth-class municipality the status of a highly …