Baking soda is no longer just a baking ingredient. Its many other uses have been discovered over the years. The growing need to lessen our carbon footprints, coupled with baking soda’s affordability, has brought the humble product to the forefront of nontoxic cleansers.
Filipinos, particularly the young, who could not seem to put their mobile phones down no matter what they are doing or where they are, should take this story from the United States as a warning.
A few months ago, I was invited to be part of a panel of judges for a nationwide search for five Filipino families; not just any family, but families that embodied Filipino values such as joy, unity, optimism, close-knit bonding and generosity, among many others. At the same time, these families were also expected to have made an impact on and helped uplift their respective communities by contributing to it in a significant and sustainable manner.
Mention the name Mustela to any mother and her eyes light up. This is immediately followed by “oh I looove that!’
There are people who stubbornly pursue dead-end dreams and accept rejection to embrace their destiny.
I had the privilege to set foot in the much-talked about Chopra Center of Wellbeing at La Costa Spa in Carlsbad, Southern California.
The generally and legally accepted modality of healing in the Philippines and throughout most of the so-called civilized world, as practiced by trained and licensed medical doctors working in hospitals or clinics, is collectively known as allopathic medicine. Now, most allopathic drugs have clinically known and sometimes fatal side effects, but they are defended on the grounds that the benefits far outweigh the risks, as shown by clinical studies.
Today is the moment. And now is the time to take action. The population of the world is aging at a rapid rate. And according to a 2011 research paper from the Harvard School of Public Health, there will be close to a billion people over the age of 60 by 2020, doubling to nearly two billion by 2050.
Belize, a tropical tourist paradise, is developing a dark side and turning into a transit point for the trafficking of drugs bound for the United States.
The 2012 Nobel Prize season opened Monday with the pick for the medicine award, marking the start of a week of announcements and speculation over who will collect the literature and peace prizes.
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