By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Airish has meningocele, meaning she has a growth next to her small head that is much bigger in circumference. If only her mother knew that she had to take a P6.00 tablet of folic acid or folate per day during her pregnancy, Airish could have been spared from having meningocele.
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights group Karapatan is dismayed over the reelection of the Philippines for a three-year term to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The Philippines obtained the second highest number of votes during the 65th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, May 20, This…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
As of five days ago, the NFA awarded to the private sector the rights to import 660,000 metric tons out of the 860,000 metric tons of rice to be imported for the year, this despite news reports of sacks of rice rotting in NFA warehouses. And rice traders who import the rice would even be exempted from paying taxes.