Word: pasig
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...disease that is still threatening communities in and around Manila a month after tropical storm Ketsana hit the Philippines' capital. "I saw the warnings on TV," says the lanky 19-year-old, watching pedestrians wade through the knee-high water covering part of a road in the capital's Pasig district, one of the worst flood-hit areas...
...health system is poorly equipped to deal with large-scale disease outbreaks, even for diseases like leptospirosis that are seasonally common across the archipelago. Several large government hospitals were damaged in the flooding, and have struggled to cope with the influx of patients. A week after Ketsana, much of Pasig General Hospital was under water, including its laboratory. According to reports, staff initially only had dextrose to give flood victims seeking medical attention. In flood-ravaged Marikina, one of 16 cities that make up Metropolitan Manila, only four out of 21 public health facilities were in operation...
...after being flushed from their lairs by storm waters is obviously still alarming. "We told our children not to go in the water and we check them every day for cuts," said Nerio Taculod, a 45 year-old father of five and a member of the security detail of Pasig's mayor. "The people here now know about leptospirosis, but many have no money to buy protective clothing like rubber boots, but we're taking no chances...
...contemplating Joseph's role, you quoted author Jerry Jenkins, who got it just right: "We can make him work for whatever we want him to work for, as long as we stay within the intent of Scripture." Let us explore Joseph's hidden virtues. Ramon C. Santos Jr. Pasig City, the Philippines...
...contemplating Joseph's role, you quoted author Jerry Jenkins, who got it just right: "We can make him work for whatever we want him to work for, as long as we stay within the intent of Scripture." Let us explore Joseph's hidden virtues. Ramon C. Santos Jr. Pasig City, the Philippines As a Christian who believes in the miraculous birth of Jesus, I have deep respect and affection for Joseph and Mary. Their lives were sacrificial and worthy of their great calling. Nevertheless, by focusing on speculations and possibilities about those two worthies, people lose sight of the fact...