For the fourth time in six months, Filipino seafarers found themselves caught in the crossfire of the Middle East crisis on board ships targeted for their Israeli links. The latest incident involves four Filipinos among 25 other crew members of the container ship MSC Aries that was seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz on April 13. Earlier in March, Houthi rebels fired anti-ship missiles at the bulk cargo vessel MV True Confidence which had
If we can say “COVID is still here,” then what of tuberculosis (TB), which has been around since time immemorial and has killed more Filipinos than the coronavirus, even during the pandemic? It has been the long-running lament of public health practitioners in the country—myself included—that the magnitude of our TB problem has not received a commensurate response. One can argue that COVID-19 was exceptional in its scale, having had far-reaching consequences beyond its medical effects, from the social stigma—especially at the beginning—to the economic effects and even the political ramifications that we are still experiencing today. And of course, there’s long
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