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Call Center Agents: New Target for AIDS/HIV?

In the past, HIV/AIDS has been confined to sex workers, drug addicts and gays. That is no longer true today. Recent hospital reports show that the surge in HIV/AIDS cases in the past 10 months included reports from young professionals, notably call center agents. It is no secret that in the past years, call center (or [ READ MORE ]

HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Philippines?!?

A century ago, no one would have thought it possible. Several decades ago, no one would have imagined that the country can be gripped with an epidemic that can be acquired through something the culture considers as taboo – to speak of, discuss, and even practice. But now it is happening. It is real. And [ READ MORE ]

social networking sites – redefining social networks

In this time and age, almost everyone has their own account in one of the countless social networking sites available in the internet. The internet has indeed revolutionized everything in our midst – even the way we interact with society. Making friends and reconnecting with long lost old ones are now easy with just one [ READ MORE ]

Nobility or Stupidity

Is it noble to sacrifice life for someone else? You’d probably answer yes. Indeed it is. In the past this is defined by literal dying for others like what heroes and martyrs had done. In today’s era this is manifested by those unselfish individuals who places others needs before their own. Take for example the [ READ MORE ]

Dying Superstitiously

How come that in our culture there are simply a lot of superstitions surrounding death, some of them even sounding really absurd? We are all familiar with the superstition that one must consume all food or beverage taken from a wake and must at no occasion bring it home with him as this would merit [ READ MORE ]

Status Quo

Why do Filipinos cling so much to the status quo?   This query started with some personal observations, to be accentuated by national issues.   My aunt, no longer loved by my uncle, would still not let go of the marriage – even when my uncle already has a second family. To her, the surname of my uncle was [ READ MORE ]