It was International Women's Day last Sunday. Sen. Pia Cayetano wants to see more women running with her in the 2016 elections.
***
It says here that poverty incidence in Phl is up by 1.2% in the first half of 2014. Actually, many are feeling this "poverty incidence" year in and year out, survey or no survey.
***
A tv report says 6 million Filipinos eat only once a day. And what they eat are recycled leftovers of restaurant diners, this from another tv report.
***
Did you know that there is a specialty in medical practice known as PAIN MEDICINE? The Association of Southeast Asian Pain Societies will hold its pain congress in Manila on March 15-17, 2015.
***
The pain specialists say that every person has the right to feel no pain. Yes, even if some wise guys say "no pain, no gain."
***
This is what our leaders should know. Being free from pain is everyone's right. No one should suffer from pain unnecessarily including the pain caused by corrupt practices.
***
Many Pinoys are suffering from pain arising from hunger. I'm tempted to say, but I won't for fear of painful reaction, that there is more pain in the Philippines caused by tragedies and leadership wrongdoings.
***
I read in the papers that the heirs of the Fallen 44 SAF commandos are well attended to and that there is a "pouring of blessings" for the bereaved widows and children. Blessings, the news says, are in the form of housing, education, monetary assistance, employment, etc.
***
If this report in the papers is true, is this the justice everyone is seeking for the 44 heroes of Mamasapano?
***
OVERHEARD. The government is extending different forms of assistance to the heirs of the Fallen 44 SAF commandos. One guest in a wedding party in a shopping mall asked: "Kadtong mga nabiyuda nga asawa ug mga anak sa mga sundawong nakig-away sa Abu Sayyaf dili unta hikalimtan abi kay nagpakahilom lang."