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Anne Ruth Dela Cruz

Anne is a seasoned journalist and corporate communications specialist. After 13 years in the health care industry, she is back to where she started—print media.

Pneumonia vaccine should be made available to all adults—experts

With an ageing population and the need for a healthy workforce, the government and the private sector have to work together to make the pneumonia vaccine available to vulnerable segments of the population to protect them against this vaccine-preventable disease as well as boost morale in the workplace.

Overcoming immunity debt with nutrition

Now that children are back in school, it is important for parents to keep a check on their children’s immunity debt. Quoting a study conducted...

Operation Smile: Changing lives one smile at a time

In 1982, Dr. William P. Magee, Jr., an American plastic surgeon, and his wife Kathleen, a nurse and clinical social worker, traveled to Naga City with a group of medical volunteers to repair children’s cleft lips and cleft palates. At that time, the team only managed to treat 40 children. As they prepared to leave, the Magees made a promise that they would return to help more children. With that promise, Operation Smile Philippines was born.

Of Pinoy culture and CPR

Filipinos are known for their bayanihan spirit, where they have a sincere desire to help fellow Filipinos without expecting anything in return. However, there...

Sleeping your way to health

Now that life is slowly returning to normal, you will be easing back into your pre-pandemic routine of reporting for work in the office,...

Playbook to aid in COVID-19 uptake launched

Vaccination is so far the best weapon against the COVID-19 virus that has been hogging the headlines for the past two years. However, as...

Completing a heart patient’s recovery with cardiac rehab

Your father suffered a heart attack two weeks ago. He was rushed to the hospital and had to undergo an emergency coronary artery bypass...

Overcoming depression and lessons learned

According to mayoclinic.org, dysthymia or persistent depressive disorder is “a continuous long-term form of depression.” An individual may lose interest in normal daily activities,...

COVID-19 did not dampen friendship goal to see the world better, together

With the changes and uncertainties brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been easy to lose track of the things one would like...

Fashion and the Declaration of Independence

Philippine fashion evolved throughout the years and it is evident that it has been greatly influenced by the country’s former colonizers—Spain, the United States...

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DOT Secretary Frasco: Thumbs up for highlight of authentic ecotourism in world’s first green travel mart

Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco has cited the forthcoming world’s first green travel mart, forum, and festival in the Philippines as a clear path in transforming “tourism with sustainability as a bedrock” principle. Frasco affirmed the vital support of the Department of Tourism (DOT) behind the International Ecotourism Travel...

Beat the summer heat with Mang Inasal’s Extra Creamy Halo-Halo

Summer’s here. And what better way to enjoy the season than with a deliciously char-grilled meal, paired with the milky creamy goodness of halo-halo? Mang Inasal, the country’s Grill Expert, has recently embarked on a. #SummerSarapAtMangInasal campaign that introduced a more affordable variant of its well-loved Halo-Halo. For only Php...

SM Prime helps address water scarcity in PH through water recycling in SM malls

Water scarcity is one of the biggest issues that the world is facing today. Defined as a problem that occurs when the demand for water exceeds the available water supply, water scarcity is seen as a problem that will only get worse, especially since water use continues...

SM Supermalls, ACTED, promotes inclusive growth of Bangsamoro women

Support these BARMM women-led cooperatives at The Podium this weekend Here’s to supporting the awesome womenpreneurs at SM. In celebration of Women's Month, SM Supermalls partners with the French Embassy and Agency For Technical Cooperation And Development (ACTED) to promote the sustainable and inclusive agriculture of women in the...

Silver Anvils on Conti’s Silver Year

Leading food brand Conti's Bakeshop and Restaurant has won its first-ever trophies from the Anvil Awards, the Oscars of the public relations industry in the Philippines. It’s also the first time the brand entered the annual awards. The homegrown company founded 25 years ago by the Conti sisters...

World TB Day 2023: Catching up with tuberculosis in the Philippines

Working closely with the Manila Health Department, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins SansFrontières (MSF), an international humanitarian organization, conducts screening activities for tuberculosis in Tondo, Manila. When Amalia, 42 years old, received her tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, she thought she would end up like her mother. "My mother, it was...

Irreplaceable marine resources of Verde Island Passage under threat from oil spill

The priceless marine resources and famously pristine beaches of the Verde Island Passage (VIP)  in the Southern Tagalog region remain under threat from swaths of  thick black oil from the MT Princess Empress tanker that sank off Naujan, Occidental Mindoro, last Feb. 28. Located between Batangas and Mindoro,...

Celebrating 100 Years of Accountancy in the country

For the centennial celebration of the accounting profession, the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) in collaboration with the Professional Regulatory Board of Accountancy and the sectoral organizations of accountancy lined up several activities for the week-long celebration. Participating organizations were ACPAPP (Association of Certified Public Accountants...

SM Xiamen Phase III wins “2022 Best Architectural Design Award”

Commercial complexes newly-opened or completed before Y2023 in Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan are eligible to submit nominations for the 2022 Best Architectural Design Award and will be judged from the dimensions of overall planning, architectural design, landscape design, and interior design. SM Xiamen Phase...

TESDA, ECOP join forces for enhanced tech-voc implementation

Skills development and training in the country are set to be further strengthened after the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the business community forged an agreement that will address skills-job mismatch and unemployment. Last Mar. 14, TESDA Director General Danilo P. Cruz and Employers Confederation...

Pag-IBIG releases P53.76B cash loans in 2022; Assists record-high 2.61M members

Pag-IBIG Fund disbursed P53.76 billion in cash loans, otherwise known as short-term loans, benefitting a record-high 2,612,491 members in 2022, agency officials stated Tuesday (21 Mar. 2023). For 2022, the amount of short-term loans released by the agency increased by 21% or P9.46 billion compared to the P44.30...

Jehovah’s Witnesses invite public to Memorial, special talk in April

Jehovah’s Witnesses around the world and in the Philippines are inviting the public to join them as they gather to commemorate the most important event of the year for Christians — the annual observance of Jesus Christ’s death. Also called the Memorial of Jesus’ death, the event will...