Think about it
Policy of calm and alertness cited
By Jun Velasco
NOT many know that the extra care taken by our health authorities has secured the country from the much feared Swine Flu Virus.
Close surveillance led by the Department of Health and allied agencies on a l0-year old Filipino girl who had traveled to the United States and Canada led to the discovery of the virus — the Influenza A (H1N1) — “something,” Secretary Pingkoy Duque says, “we have been preparing for.”
The girl’s case is the first known and confirmed case in the Philippines which was announced by Pingkoy in a teleconference from a World Health Organization (WHO) office in Geneva. The girl arrived in the Philippines last May l8, and shortly after, she had fever, cough and sore throat.
Those who rode with her in the plane such as her parents have been advised to be quarantined, says Duque, who has calmed the public not to panic.
The secretary’s policy of calm, alertness and attention to detail has obviously paid off, a far cry from that of certain public officials who jumped into irresponsible self-serving actuations.
As of presstime, there were already 11,034 cases and 85 deaths in 41 countries around the world.
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Our old pal, Jimmy Licauco, in his PDI column, has a comforting article to the elderly who are terrified by the idea of dying.
The head of his column article, “The dead are in happier state than the living,” says it all.
A psychic authority, Jimmy says “death on the physical plane means birth on the spiritual plane.”
We advise you, dear readers, to get a copy of the PDI’s May l9 issue, and enjoy Jimmy’s article to banish your fears about death.
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Bangsal Restaurant in Binmaley, Pangasinan has opened a cozy lounge on the first floor that is now the favorite watering hole of local bigwigs.
Run by the couple Lorens and Marissa, the lounge is perfect for people with fine taste.
We have followed the growth of “Bangsal, “the shorty name for the establishment, since it was started by our late friend, Loreto Bangsal, as a lechon house.
Its soft opening, surely a part of an expanded modern hotel complex’s inaugural later, adds luster to a town that has outgrown its sleepy past and evolving into a modern but idyllic municipality.
We hope our friend, Mayor Sammy Rosario, and the private sector’s entrepreneurial leadership personified by Lorens and Marissa will find a common plank to further accelerate Binmaley’s covenant with destiny.
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It would be well for the local media practitioners to rename their association Pangasinan Press and Radio Club into just plain Pangasinan Press Club, an idea proposed by past president Ruben Rivera.
Ruben’s idea was an improvement of our proposal, Pangasinan Press, Radio and TV Club, which is too long. The proposed name would sit well with the National Press Club of the Philippines.
Go for it, PPC officers!
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