When inflation targets women
Inflation is often discussed in numbers: percentages, forecasts and policy targets. But behind those figures are lives, and in the Philippines today, it is women in marginalized sectors who are…
The malpractice of speech: How red-tagging inverts the medical oath
Every physician remembers the gravity of the words they spoke upon entering the medical profession. Chief among them, rooted in the Hippocratic tradition, is a foundational baseline of human decency:…
The symptom is opacity, the cure is accountability
I will not write about the ongoing impeachment proceeding definitely not as a lawyer nor political scientist. I will write about it as a community doctor, a defender of women’s…
Tacloban’s tragedy: Juvenile violence and the call for restorative, transformative justice
The recent case of two teenagers involved in a gun killing in Tacloban forces us to confront uncomfortable truths. It is easy to condemn, but harder—and more necessary—to understand. These…
The meeting of the minds: The little known comradeship between Dr. Jose Rizal and Dr. Rudolf Virchow
Imagine walking into a room in 1887 Berlin. On one side sits a 65-year-old European intellectual powerhouse—a man so famous his medical theories are changing how the entire world understands…
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