The spirit of the Hippocratic Oath, an oath of ethics that doctors take before they formally engage in their profession, is under public scrutiny today. One version of the oath reads: “I shall work with my profession to improve the quality of medical care and to improve the public health, but I shall not let any lesser public or professional consideration interfere with my primary commitment to provide the best and most appropriate care available to
Two of the world’s superpowers are zealously competing for our affection. There’s China which woes us with promises of peaceful coexistence if we join them in the negotiating table to resolve our conflict in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). There’s the United States which promises to come to our defense if China attacks us militarily. Between the two, whom should we believe? But first, what are at stake for us? If China will have its way, we will lose 500,000 square kilometers of sea territory, which is our western coast’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and which we have named as
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