Commentary

(This is Part 16 of Dr. Pagtakhan's column, Medisina at Politika,  on Covid-19.)

(Part 15 of Dr. Rey D. Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika, on Covid-19)

(This is Part 14 of  Dr. Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika, on Covid-19.)

Why are a significant number of Filipinos terrified about the anti-terrorism law? What is so terrifying about this law?

(This  is Part 13 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika, for Canadian Filipino.Net)

 According to a recent report published by Statistics Canada, COVID-19 has had a significant economic impact

It was a Friday morning here in Canada when we woke up to the news that ABS-CBN failed to get Congress’ vote for the approval of a new franchise. 

While many of us saw it coming, there was still a sense of disbelief that it actually happened. 

On July 18, the new Anti-Terrorism Law (ATL) will come into effect.

With President Duterte certifying the congressional bill as urgent, it was passed into law at record speed purportedly to protect the country against terrorists.

(This is Part 12 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika, in Pilipino Express)

On July 1^st Canada celebrates a national holiday to mark the 153^rdanniversary of Confederation that created Canada as a country in 186.

Covid 19 has made the unthinkable happen. In a matter of a few weeks most countries have closed their borders to foreign nationals, frozen air travel, and locked down their economies.  

The heart-rending deluge of breaking news for the last half year has focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and its tragedy of illness and death.

Do we hear their cry for care? Are we fully committed this time in history to foster and nurture as a nation our fiduciary relationship, in its full dimensions, to the residents of Canada’s long-term care homes and CHSLDs and their healthcare providers?     

April 16, 2020 - These are uncertain and unsettling times particularly for children and youth. The wings of the pandemic have spanned over the geography of 185 countries, sickened nearly two million people, and claimed the lives of well over a hundred thousand, and counting.  It has shuttered the national economy. It has profoundly disturbed every aspect of normal living. All these over a short period of about four months.

To celebrate International Women’s Day this year, thousands of women took to the streets in major urban centers including Toronto and Vancouver demanding gender equality and proclaiming women’s rights.  

In Alberta, the application for medically-assisted death (MAD) – as lodged by Hanne Schafer was granted in February 2016 by then Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice now Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin.