THANKLESS JOB: During the week of Cory Aquino’s passing, I learned all over again what decades of hard-boiled journalism supposedly had taught me — that giving opinion in a newspaper column is akin to cleaning an estero as a matter of civic duty.
The cleaner gets splattered with dirt in the process.
Now, most of us do not mind getting our hands and clothes soiled as we work. But it is disheartening when we find the dirt laced with the cynical hostility or suspicion of narrow minds.
At this point, it is best to give up the thankless chore. It is time for the opinion writer to drop the subject of Cory. –Federico D. Pascual, Jr., Philippine Star
August 12 –
International Youth Day
“Empowering youth,
building generations!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
August –
Aug 1-7 World breastfeeding week
Aug 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Aug 12 – International youth day
Aug 19 – World humanitarian day
Aug 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
Monthly Observances:
Farms Safety Month
Breastfeeding Awareness Month
Weekly Observances:
Aug 17-23: Made in the Philippines
Product Week
Aug 29-Sept 5: Rice and Corn Week
Daily Observances:
Aug 1: Family Planning Day
Aug 9: National Indigenous Peoples Day
Aug 12: International Humanitarian Law Day
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