FEBRUARY has been observed as Heart Month through the efforts of the Department of Health (DoH), the Philippine Heart Center (PHC), the Philippine Heart Association, and the Cardiac Rehab Society. These institutions have been promoting programs and projects aimed at making the Filipino people aware of the many ways of keeping their heart fit and healthy.
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AFTER more than half a century, the wounds of war have not completely healed.
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TODAY answers for yesterday. Three former mayors have to account for unliquidated advances, the PNP has to account for R231 million that’s missing, and eateries, according to Interior Secretary Reyes, have to clean up their kitchens and premises if they want to stay in business.
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WHEN the Makati Business Club sent out a notice of the guest speaker for their general membership meeting in January, it was Trade Secretary Cesar Purisima. By the time the meeting was held, at the Shangri-La Hotel in Makati, on January 28th, Purisima was the Secretary-designate of Finance, following the resignation of Juanita Amatong, who left office on February 5.
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RESPONSIBLE citizens are called upon to launch much farther away from the narrow concern with self interest, the comfort of their home, and the feasting and drinking with their friends. All these are necessary, indeed absolutely necessary for a humane life: But they are not enough. So much more is being asked of each one of us, and we are all asked to lurch out deeper, even into the open sea of Philippine society.
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SEN. Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel has asked the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) to impeach President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for alleged violations of the Constitution.
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(Editor’s note: The proposal to appoint or extend the term of elective barangay officials affects 42,000 barangays and 294,000 officials. The idea will not serve a good public policy noted in this article and may promote the sale of offices.)
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WITH the fire sparked by the heated exchanges between former President Joseph Estrada and Sen. Edgardo J. Angara, prospects for uniting the opposition may have already vanished – or almost.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ended their first talks in 18 months with an unequivocal ceasefire declaration, raising hopes for an end to more than four years of fighting between the sides.
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(Estefania Aldaba-Lim, Ph.D., is a former minister of Social Services and Development in 1977 and former United Nations Special Envoy for the International Year of the Child 1978-1979.)
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JESUS said to His disciples, “The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.”
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