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Nagprotesta ang ilang aktibistang kababaihan noong ika-9 ng Agosto sa harap ng tanggapan ng Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines sa Intramuros, Manila, upang ipaglaban ang karapatan ng mga kababaihan sa dokumento ng Vatican na pinamagatang “Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World.”

YOU SEE them hanging around Tinoko Park every Tuesdays and Fridays. You think they’re there for the same reasons you would have—catching up with friends, studying, relaxing, or killing time—so you never give them much thought until they gather round and start singing and praying. For someone unfamiliar, they may look odd and naïve. But any Tinoko Park regular would tell you the Youth for Christ (YFC) are just having another prayer meeting.

UPANG mas mapalawak ang serbisyo-publiko ng Unibersidad sa larangan ng medisina, pinangunahan ng UST ang pagpapatayo at pagkakaroon ng School for Midwives sa bansa dahil sa kukulangan ng mga bihasang kumadrona noong ika-18 siglo.

Sa bisa ng utos mula sa España, inaprubahan ang pagpapatayo nito noong Pebrero 20, 1879 na sinang-ayunan naman ng Santo Papa matapos ang tatlong taon.

Another Thomasian marks first.

UST Hospital cardiologist Dr. Crismelita Mariñas won the First Young Investigators Award from the Philippine Heart Association (PHA) for her study, “The Prognostic Value of Cardiac Troponin I in Non-Seratonin Elevation Myocordial Infarction (NSTMEI)” during the 35th PHA Annual Convention at Edsa Shangri-La Hotel last May 29.

There’s now a better pill for brittle bones.

A strontium-containing anti-osteoporosis drug was found to effectively lessen risks of bone factures in postmenopausal osteoporotics after a three-year study.

According to the New England Journal of Medicine, strontium ranelate, an orally administered drug, reduces risks of vertebral fractures and increases bone mineral density by increasing bone formation and lowering bone resorption or gradual bone loss.

AS A RESULT of the rising global demand for nurses, the College of Nursing (Nursing) has joined the bandwagon of hiring and “pirating” faculty members.

According to Nursing Dean Glenda Vargas, the College has been hiring recent graduates, instructors, and professors from other schools to replace about 20 faculty members who left the University for greener pastures.

OVER the years, sports terms and jargons have suffered linguistic overuse and misuse by people from all walks of life. But before the play of words floor their real meanings, here are some facts to shoot things straight.

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ROND DE JAMBE (rohn dih ZHAnB) – “circle/circling of the leg;” a movement in which the working leg is made to describe a letter D. Both legs must be kept perfectly straight and all movement must come from the hip, along with the arching and relaxing of the instep. This is an exercise for good turn-outs of the legs and feet.

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Some of the “unbundled” charges in your Meralco bills, ladies and gentlemen. Incidentally, the word “charge” also means “attack.” Enjoy.

WE SHOULDN’T rejoice just yet.

True enough, we should all express a sigh of relief as Angelo de la Cruz returned home safe and sound last week.

AT FIRST, the government said it was not pulling out troops out of Iraq until August 20, the day scheduled for the 51 Philippine soldiers to leave their posts in the war-torn country. But now we all know the government has sung a different tune as the last of the peace-keeping troops was sent home last week to clear the way for kidnapped Filipino worker Angelo de la Cruz’s release.

The release is hailed by some sectors as a triumph for President Macapagal-Arroyo’s administration. It is a triumph indeed, but only temporary.