Once is an accident, twice a coincidence, three times a pattern. Or so goes the saying that may apply—and not in a good way—to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) that was hit for the second time this year by fire that caused the temporary evacuation of more than a hundred patients and closure of its chronically packed emergency room.The Bureau of Fire Protection said the fire started at 11:16 p.m. at a storage room near the
As that old saying goes, a statesman thinks of the next generation, while a politician thinks only of the next election. Just the other day, the Republican Speaker of the House put his position on the line by ensuring the approval of billions of dollars in direly needed military aid to Ukraine—after having opposed such aid for some time. His change of opinion, said the Speaker, was due to the intelligence briefings that were given to him once he became head of the lower house. During World War II, living in exile during a period when war made elections impossible, a
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