Philippine doctors without borders
By: Baikong Mamid
Sans her doctor’s white coat, Dr. Natasha Reyes of Bacolod City stands up to her conviction of providing lifesaving care to the world’s most neglected people.
Sans her doctor’s white coat, Dr. Natasha Reyes of Bacolod City stands up to her conviction of providing lifesaving care to the world’s most neglected people.
Members of the Philippine-Minnesotan Medical Association (PMMA) came to Western Pangasinan District Hospital for a five-day medical and surgical mission recently.
Some wives want their philandering husbands repatriated. There are also many instances when the husbands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) come to our station to seek assistance in forcing their wives to come home.
In the process of immigrating to an adopted land, many individuals find themselves facing major changes that affect their physical and mental well-being. Both the new immigrants and those who are left behind experience hardships resulting from family separation, changes in social and economic status, lost of professional opportunities and positions, among others.
Jane went to Radyo Inquirer to complain about Rey, her husband who is working in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. She said Rey no longer sends money to his family and is having an affair with another woman. According to Jane, her husband’s mistress keeps calling her and telling her that she can no longer win back Rey.
Since her teen years, Lyna Larcia Calvario has been her family’s designated and volunteer party planner—for babies’ baptisms, kids’ birthdays and teens’ sweet sixteens. She would always come up with nice details to make the parties look unique and feel personal.
Negros-born Nové Deypalan, alumnus of the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Music, made his conducting debut at storied Carnegie Hall in New York on Feb. 3 with the world premiere of “Dream of a Hundred Flowers.”
Sharon, not her real name, came to Bantay OCW at Radyo Inquirer to bring up the case of her husband, an overseas worker jailed in Taiwan for killing another Filipino.
The filing of a federal criminal case against Marissa Lapid, the wife of Sen. Lito Lapid, is not an isolated case. There are quite a few Filipino travelers leaving or entering the United States who found themselves subjected to penalties of forfeiture for failure to report the money or currency in their bags. Not all were criminally prosecuted. Most of them were able to get their money returned after paying minimal penalties.
Visa processing of adult children and siblings of American citizens take many years. Hence, it is not unusual for many prospective immigrants who already have comfortable lives in our homeland to decide not to pursue their American dream. Delaying immigrant visa processing without understanding its consequences may, however, result in revocation of a visa and lost opportunity.
Filipino-American media practitioners here have raised at least $9,000 for media colleagues who were among those who died and lost their homes when Typhoon “Sendong” struck Northern Mindanao last month.
Media coverage of the Costa Concordia tragedy has been focused mainly on the captain accused of having a romantic dinner as his ship was sinking and then abandoning his crew and passengers to save himself.
