Why POLITICIANS are dangerous to our health
Look around you. Ask yourself a simple question: Why is getting sick in the Philippines still a death sentence for the poor? When a mother has to queue at three…
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…