Deanna Ongpin-Recto of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines (MFP) first approached me several weeks ago about a series of talks her organization was planning, all about elections.
SHOCK AND AWE WERE MY REACTIONS WHEN, FOR THE first time in my life, I saw a whole tuna fish. It was being carried on the hunched shoulders of a fisherman in General Santos City. My fascination gave way to a mixture of pity and revulsion, realizing the fisherman could have been carrying a corpse.
Most people appreciate the importance of a pediatrician, often going to great lengths to choose one. After all, the pediatrician becomes a special friend and guardian for our children, a relationship that will extend well into adolescence.
I am quite encouraged that after the destructive Typhoons “Ondoy” and “Pepeng,” I have not heard too many people explaining the calamities as gaba or divine punishment.
Have you ever wondered what the life expectancy was for Filipinos born in 1900? On average, how old were they when they married? What were the figures on life expectancy and marriage for people in the “developed world”?
