COVID-19 Pandemic: Wearing a Mask in Public – A Simple Life-Saving Act of Humanity
(This is Part 12 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika, in Pilipino Express)
(This is Part 12 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika, in Pilipino Express)
On July 1st Canada celebrates a national holiday to mark the 153rdanniversary of Confederation that created Canada as a country in 186.
Covid 19 has made the unthinkable happen. In a matter of a few weeks most countries have closed their borders to foreign nationals, frozen air travel, and locked down their economies.
The heart-rending deluge of breaking news for the last half year has focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and its tragedy of illness and death.
Do we hear their cry for care? Are we fully committed this time in history to foster and nurture as a nation our fiduciary relationship, in its full dimensions, to the residents of Canada’s long-term care homes and CHSLDs and their healthcare providers?
April 16, 2020 - These are uncertain and unsettling times particularly for children and youth. The wings of the pandemic have spanned over the geography of 185 countries, sickened nearly two million people, and claimed the lives of well over a hundred thousand, and counting. It has shuttered the national economy. It has profoundly disturbed every aspect of normal living. All these over a short period of about four months.
To celebrate International Women’s Day this year, thousands of women took to the streets in major urban centers including Toronto and Vancouver demanding gender equality and proclaiming women’s rights.
In Alberta, the application for medically-assisted death (MAD) – as lodged by Hanne Schafer was granted in February 2016 by then Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice now Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin.
Recently, dire occurrences have been reported that have made people reflect on the future of humanity.
Unusual volume of rainfall during bad weather causing killer floods and landslides, permafrost melting, glaciers crumbling, and wildfires occurring even in Siberia, the coldest region on earth.
The results of the May 13 elections confirmed the early survey results.
MAUBAN, QUEZON - A while ago at noon in the kitchen, I heard our housemaids giggling, so I was curious. They were chatting on the cellphone with Belen, who was vacationing in Mindanao.
You speak very good English. Where are you from?
The Canadian Press and the CTV News brought to public attention on December 4, 2018 that “Trudeau and Scheer clash over Canada signing UN compact on migrants.”
The history of cannabis criminalization is firmly rooted in racial discrimination.
On Oct. 17, 2018, Bill C-45, otherwise known as the Cannabis Act, became effective, leading to the legalization of cannabis across Canada.
Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening. - James Hansen.
One of the most heartbreaking trends, observe our Filipino service providers and youth workers in Canada,