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Society of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Biennial Convention Critical Care: Golden Hour and Beyond
PARENTS know that children are not miniature adults and, therefore, the kind of medical care they need is not the same as that of adults. Because their bodies react differently to illness and injury, they need the expertise of pediatricians. For those whose condition is serious, pediatric critical care is a multidisciplinary healthcare specialty.
Electoral reforms
THE appointment of Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. (ret.) as presidential adviser on electoral reforms is conceivably an inspired move. No one in government has more credibility than he.
Calatagan’s artificial reefs
MARINE biologist Dr. John Lacson, son of Alex and Menchu Lacson of Habitat design fame, just returned to the Philippines on a one-year grant to serve as scientific adviser for the Calatagan Artificial Reef and Fish Sanctuary, founded and funded by Vicente Madrigal "Bu" Warns. To commemorate Mr. Warns’ important philanthropy in saving the fish populations of the area, and describe the mystic delights of underwater work, John Lacson has published a book Pyramids of the Philippines: The Legend of Sixto the Grouper, which with its lively personal anecdotes and extensive collection of photographs will prove a delightful reading journey for adult and child alike.
Republic of India celebration
INDIA’S history is shrouded in antiquity. The country has been thought of as a nation of philosophers with a welldeveloped and even idyllic society. One of the oldest scriptures in the world is the four-volume Vedas that many regard as the repository of concepts that anticipated some modern scientific discoveries.
We must bring the benefits of reform to the poor
(Speech at the Council of State meeting in Malacañang, January 24, 2006)
The real threat is lack of unity
(Delivered at the Council of State Meeting in Malacañang on January 24, 2006.)
Kailangan ang sinseridad ng bawat liderato
(Delivered at the Council of State Meeting in Malacañang on January 24, 2006)
National Day of Australia
AUSTRALIA celebrates its National Day today.
Music and memories
LETTERMAN is a surname that is not too common or uncommon in the United States, as in David Letterman, the TV talk show host whose nightly episodes entertain a global audience hooked on cable by satellite. If Letterman refers to one person, what is the plural? Lettermen?
The Council of State
A COUNCIL of State meeting was called by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at the Rizal Hall of Malacañang last Tuesday.
Gov. Marañon’s silent way to move squatters
(Editor’s note: It’s not too late for city mayors in RP to seek the advice of Gov. Joseph Marañon (Negros Occ.) on how to move squatters as noted by the author.)
The mission of the seventy-two
THE Lord appointed seventy-two others whom He sent ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place He intended to visit. He said to them, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest. Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way. Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’ If a peaceful person lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you, for the laborer deserves his payment. Do not move about from one house to another. Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God is at hand for you.’’’
Responsible citizenship: With what?
IF the end goal of responsible citizenship is to make every Filipino happy, then what means should we use to obtain it?
Morales won
IN Bolivia, Evo Morales won the hotly contested presidential election and formally assumed power last December. The crown prince of Spain, 11 representatives of foreign governments, and a sprinkling of leaders from Indian communities of Central and South America witnessed the oath-taking of this young (only forty-six) Bolivian of Aymara Indian origin, who grew up among shepherds in the freezing highlands of the Andes. Outside the baroque 19th century Congress building in La Paz, tens of thousands of Aymaras and Quechuas, mostly tin and silver mine workers, shepherds, and coca growers, blew cow horns jubilantly, danced ecstatically to brass bands, and proudly waved the seven-colored wipala flag of the Andean Indian nation. To this day, Bolivia’s population is approximately 65 percent indigenous which explains why the victory of Evo Morales is tantamount to historical vindication.
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