Silent virus a rare, dangerous risk for the unborn
It’s a common, usually harmless virus. But in a rare, unlucky set of circumstances, it can be devastating for infants whose mothers become infected during pregnancy.
May 18, 2014
It’s a common, usually harmless virus. But in a rare, unlucky set of circumstances, it can be devastating for infants whose mothers become infected during pregnancy.
The vending machines at a Vancouver storefront look ordinary – but instead of spitting out gum or snacks, for a few coins they deliver medical marijuana.
Efforts to document the etchings of the Angono petroglyphs could be the best way, for now, to ensure that these are not forgotten.
On a balmy summer night, the man of the house brings us to his bedroom. Although the ceiling is vast, it is a sanctuary of warm cream and neutral-colored elements, made even cozier by the come-hither lighting.
Learn or perish! That’s the mortal challenge of the communication age. And for us seniors the threat, if good indeed, would naturally be more imminent. But it would seem healthier for us to take up the challenge advisedly, limitedly.
San Pedro Bay looks calm as we take in the seaside view from the Veranda Café of Leyte Park Resort Hotel in Tacloban. Jutting out in the horizon is Mount Danglay, which our friend Jerby Santo says he was scared of when he was a kid. His mom used to tell him that naughty children were snatched by monsters and brought to that mountain.
On long, hot summer nights, listening to music can divert the mind from the heat. At the annual formal charity affair of the Johann Strauss Society of the Philippines (JSSP), a gala dinner concert delighted generous guests at New World Makati Hotel.
It must have been during the early American period when parents began naming their kids “Baby Girl” and “Baby Boy” (lest they forget). In time the girls ended up becoming, of course, Lola Baby or Lola Girlie, and the guys Lolo Boy or Lolo Boyet. A counterpart today could be “Missy” who will, too, inevitably become “Miss Missy” or “Mrs. Missy.”
Lately there’s been a lot of loss happening in my social network. Since I’m no stranger to death, it still strikes a deep, sad chord in me whenever I hear of young people dying, or of friends losing parents, all the more when they are still young, and the death is unexpected. Having lost my father, in the prime of his life at age 49, and my son, at the tender age of 4, I know from experience that death and its resulting healing journey is not easy, but navigable.
Emily Benedicto Chioson, honorary consul of Israel in Cebu, and the Israel Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines hosted a diplomatic reception to celebrate the 66th anniversary and independence of the State of Israel.
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