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…
The Doctor of the Masses: A Tribute to a Wonderfully Flawed, Brilliant Mentor
In medical school, we are given countless lectures on ethics, anatomy, and patient care. But my most profound education did not happen in a lecture hall; it happened quietly, at…
Marvin’s Death: A Healthcare Policy Failure
On June 4, 2026, Marvin, a lifelong working-class contributor to the national health insurance system (PhilHealth), succumbed to a brain hematoma at 12:29 AM, just eighteen hours after hospital admission.…