Fil-Am doctor-lawyer wins landmark case

Medical doctor, lawyer, chemist, molecular biologist, PhD and MBA degree holder. Professor of medicine, cancer director in several US hospitals, leading figure in stem cell research, cancer therapy and bioregenerative medicine. He is also a cancer survivor. Filipino-American Dr. Samuel D. Bernal has a string of letters and dots after his name. He has authored numerous books and scientific articles and embarked on groundbreaking researches which have gained him fame and respect in the daunting field of molecular science and cancer therapy. But...

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Gang rape-murder in Antique

The rape-murder case has been in cyberspace in the last week or so. It took some time for the national media to take notice and in fact there’s still very little about the case in the media in spite of the heinous nature of the crime that was committed. I got my first facts about the gang rape-murder case from Restituto Tapacal a.k.a. Antiqueno Sumakwel who has taken up the burden of contacting media institutions and persons and giving them the basics of the case. His nom de plume reminds me of the land where the seafaring Malay datus first settled...

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Remembering Fr. Abe and TLJ

Last Feb. 1, I was at a special gathering of friends, comrades, colleagues and fellow sojourners and seekers. The occasion was a celebration of the life of Fr. Carlos Abesamis SJ whose first death anniversary was on Jan. 31. The venue was the new chapel and the cool environs of the Religious of the Good Shepherd in Quezon City. It was also the occasion to launch the book “Fr. Abe: A Scrapbook”, a compilation of personal recollections and reflections of those who knew Fr. Abe. The book was edited by Fr. Abe’s younger siblings Willie and Marilen...

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Microfinance in these hard times

To whom will the poor go as the world faces a global financial crisis, an economic slow-down and lately, here in the Philippines, with mismanaged small banks closing down? To whom will they turn for cash and small capital for their small livelihood enterprises so that these could be sustained? Should the small enterprising citizens switch off the lights and close shop too? Last week the Philippine-Australian Community Assistance Program (Pacap) held a two-day microfinance development forum with the theme “Microfinance Amidst the Global Financial...

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BodyTalk Access for victims of toxic waste and seekers of better health

Philippine Daily Inquirer/FEATURES/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   WHAT COULD THE victims of toxic wastes in the former United States military bases do to achieve healing or improve their health? What could people who have lived in unhealthy surroundings, the poor especially, do to ward off life-threatening diseases? BodyTalk Access is a simple, easy and inexpensive system that the Alliance for US Bases Clean-UP (ABC) in the Philippines has discovered...

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