Cases of anxiety and depression increased by over 25 percent over the last two years as the world struggled with COVID-19, a scientific brief released early this month by the World Health Organization said. The mental health impact of the pandemic has been far-reaching — even long-term — and has affected everyone one way or the other, the WHO said, with many of these cases found in places that had high daily infection rates and
On the surface, the unity theme that is at the heart of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s and Sarah Duterte’s respective presidential and vice presidential candidacies seems nothing more than a reference to the alliance of two powerful political clans — the Marcoses of the North and the Dutertes of the South. The “UniTeam” brand seeks to convey the message of electoral invincibility that is much sought after in a regionally fragmented society like ours. But there is, I believe, a subtler message being communicated here. The call for unity is also an appeal to shun all discussion that divides, that “merely”
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