At 85, Gerardo Dela Peña is the oldest political prisoner out of some 800 others at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). In a press briefing at the House last week, Dela Peña’s relatives sought Congress’ help to reunite him soon with his ailing 81-year-old wife. Dela Peña was arrested in March 2013 for allegedly shooting his nephew in 2001, and was convicted of murder in 2014 by a Camarines Norte regional trial court that sentenced him
I was left flabbergasted after finding out that a number of medical interns/clerks abandoned their duty post to watch The Eras Tour. If you think it’s justifiable then maybe a career in medicine is not for you.”—@OB_wankenobi It’s been a while since that tweet ignited a social media firestorm, alongside a memo from a medical school warning students that attendance to the concert “is not an acceptable reason to be absent” and is tantamount to “abandonment of post, even insubordination.” Many voiced the view that “interns and clerks deserve a life outside of medicine” and should be allowed to attend a
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