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Sunday, May 11, 2008 |
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On the benefits of breastfeeding
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There can be no better icon of motherly
affection than the act of breastfeeding. Since time immemorial,
breastfeeding has connoted the pure and unadulterated love of a
mother to her child. Sadly, this loving and healthy practice has
entered an unabated decline in the last few decades.
“The greater number of women today entering
into the workforce has contributed greatly to this phenomenon. Even
if a woman wants to continue feeding her child with breast milk,
most working environment now won’t allow her to do so,” says Dr.
Soe Nyunt-U, the incumbent country representative of the World
Health Organization (WHO) in the Philippines. In an exclusive
interview with The Sunday Times Magazine, Soe shares his thoughts on
the issue of breastfeeding and the hurdles involved in promoting
this life-saving practice in the country and around the world.
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O T H E R F E A T U R E S
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THE FILIPINO CHAMPION
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Mother’s love makes wonders
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FOR mothers in poverty-stricken Payatas, weaving
rugs manually from scrap cloth found in the garbage dumped into
their community to earn one peso per rug is a normal endeavor for
poor people like them. It’s their only way to feed their children.
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Senior citizen climbs nation’s highest peak
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BAGUIO CITY: No mountain was high enough and no age was old enough
for Rodolfo Asiatico, 69. This he proved when he summitted Mount Apo,
the highest mountain in the Philippines on March 2.
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Biofuel source found in ‘lumot’
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A professor at the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) is pioneering
work on the use of algae as feedstock for biofuel, and she says her
research team has already isolated species that can produce such
precious biofuel.
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Seeding better life with ‘malunggay’
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At least 1,000 families in Barangay Central, Quezon City, received
recently, malunggay seedlings from the Department of Agriculture-
Biotechnology Program Office (DA-BPO) for their backyard gardens.
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THE LITERARY LIFE
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The man who loved a
dream
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The third encounter
“I did not see him on Sunday. I had to do
overtime work at the hospital. I went to visit him on Monday this
week. My cousin had another dream about this beautiful lady.
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THE GREEN REVOLUTION
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Branches on the same tree
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Engaging the public on biodiversity is much
easier said than done. The challenge that scientists tell us is that
we are experiencing an ecological crises due to the rapid loss of
species and critical habitats.
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