by: Aries Zapanta/Grace Bondad Nicolas The City government of Santa Rosa did a fun run in celebration of Earth Day recently. “Environment protection is an advocacy of the City … Read More
Let Kids Know About Sex
Statistics in the Philippines now show that more than 25%of the newly diagnosed cases of HIV belong to the 15-24 age bracket. If they test reactive to an HIV antibody test, one should ask: when did they start participating in sex?
Bantay Banahaw for Holy Week
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY GRACE NICOLAS | The Tau Gamma Fraternity is one of 13 organizations that comprise the yearly” Bantay Banahaw”: a volunteer program tasked to assist Holy Week pilgrims, visitors, and devotees, and ensure they stay within the allowed areas or campsites at the foot of the mountain.
Land Transportation Office (LTO) Centennial
The LTO calls the centennial project The ROAD Less Traveled, which kicked off during the agency’s regional directors’ conference last year. ROAD stands for Reform, Organization and Advocacy Development.
Supersized Meals
In the Philippines, obesity and lifestyle-related diseases are emerging but neglected. There are now cases of early-onset type 2 diabetes, which were not in the public health picture before. Urbanization and globalization are counted among the culprits for these problems.
NGO groups alarmed of increasing number of HIV cases
Various groups are concerned by the rising number of AIDS cases in the country. In March alone, the Department of Health (DOH) reported three hundred thirteen (313) Filipinos acquired the virus.