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By Carlena Knight
“Observer media changed the media landscape”. That was the statement made by former editor of the Daily Observer and Observer newsroom manager, Mickel Brann-Challenger.
She was one of several former employees who reflected on the 20 years the media company has been in existence on Sunday’s Big Issues programme. Last month, the station marked its 20
th anniversary.
Brann-Challenger, who is also a communications consultant, expounded on the significance and contributions Observer has made to the country over the last two decades.
“I think it’s tremendously significant if we take it step by step. For staying in power for two decades is one.
The Philippine General Hospital in Manila. - Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN
MANILA, May 17 (Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN): The current occupancy for Covid-19 dedicated beds at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is going down and is now at the lowest since early March, the hospital spokesperson said on Monday.
Dr. Jonas Del Rosario said that only 153 Covid-19 patients were admitted at the PGH as of Sunday (May 16).
“We have 250 beds for Covid-19 and as of last night’s census, we have 153 confirmed Covid [patients] who are admitted to PGH. That’s probably less than 70 per cent of the occupancy already, ” he told ABS-CBN News Channel.
Doctor says religion should not be grounds for vaccine exemption
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A noted medical practitioner believes that no one should be exempt from taking a Covid-19 vaccine, save for people who may have a medical reason.
In seeking to justify his stance, pathologist Dr Lester Simon, who was speaking during Sunday’s Big Issues programme, said individuals who are arguing that they will not be taking the Covid jab for religious or other reasons should not go unvaccinated because such individuals “can spread the virus like anyone else.”
The health care provider was asked that in the event the vaccine be made mandatory, who should be exempt from having to take it?
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This Chat With Allison Holker and Her Tween Weslie Will Have You Rethinking The Way You See the World
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Allison Holker can still remember the moment she realized all those chats about staying true to yourself had gotten through to 12-year-old daughter
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So You Think You Can Dance alum noticed an uncharacteristic somberness, perhaps the
slightest welling of the eyes. There was a little bit of tears, but she was staying strong, Allison recalled when she Weslie joined E! News for an exclusive Zoom chat.
Drug use amongst youth point to greater societal issues, pundits say
An education official and a medical practitioner are calling on residents to be more circumspect in their analysis of a controversial photograph that captured students during a police search at the Pares Secondary School recently.
Principal of the Ottos Comprehensive School, Foster Roberts said the recent discovery of drugs on one of the school compounds highlights issues that are prevalent in today’s society.
He said, in general, adults are condoning wrongdoing, not only among themselves but among children too, and this behaviour needs to change.
“So, then and therefore, what do we expect?” Roberts queried. “Children see certain things happening in society, they are going to act [them] out in our schools.”