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Advocacy Mindanao Jess Dureza
Stem cell treatment at Villa Medica A special report-day 2
DAY TWO, FRESH CELL INJECTIONS -- We woke up early, as breakfast was ready by 7 a.m., although it was still dark outside. A lady nurse came in and took Beth’s temperature. The previous night, before sleeping, Beth was given by the lady nurse an anti-histamine anti-allergy pill, which was to forestall any allergy reaction to the fresh cell injections, scheduled about 11 a.m. Friday, on Day 2. When she woke up, Beth was complaining of her usual neck pains and upper shoulder spasms that had been normal occurrences over some time. This daily pain she would merely nurse by hot compress and avoiding analgesics and concerned that painkillers would worsen her kidney conditions. This was almost a daily recurrence back home in Davao for some time now. Adjusting to a 7-hour time difference was still problematic. It meant going to bed here at Edenkoben at 8 pm when our body clock told us it’s 3 a.m. in the morning back home. So when we woke up at 7 a.m., in Edenkoben, it was already 2 pm in the afternoon Philippine time. We had breakfast at the dining hall at the ground floor. Beth was clearly anxious and a bit nervous I could tell. The German couple was still seated at the next table to ours. Then we returned to our rooms to prepare for the stem cell injections. At that same moment, I was estimating that the 18- week pregnant “ Black Mountain” sheep must be undergoing the procedures too somewhere downstairs. As earlier told by Sammy, the VM rep who met us at the Frankfurt airport, the specially chosen pregnant sheep would be slaughtered about that time. I was informed that the German government monitored and closely supervised the procedures according to standards that the German government strictly required on stem cell treatment (something our Philippine government
Doing the Damage THINK a Minute… This is a true story about a young Jewish boy named Karl who grew up in Germany. Karl’s father was very religious and made sure his family went to the Jewish synagogue and studied the Torah or Jewish bible every day. When Karl was a teenager his family moved to another German town where all the important people were Christians not Jews. Suddenly, Karl’s father changed religions—not because he learned the truth that Jesus Christ is the only true God, but because he wanted to be popular and liked by the important people in the community. Karl’s family was so surprised and confused. Young Karl especially became deeply disappointed and angry at his father for being such a
Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst hypocrite. A few years later, Karl went to England to study and there he decided not to believe in God anymore. You see, that young teenage boy who was deeply disappointed and embittered by his hypocrite father was Karl Marx—the father of atheistic socialism. It was Karl Marx who wrote the Communist Manifesto. So now for almost a hundred years, over a billion people have suffered under the hopeless rule of atheistic
The 98 million controversy
Section 6 of the Philippine Constitution declares that the ‘separation of Church and State shall be inviolable. ‘Inviolable means ‘unbreakable’ or ‘sacred’ and that this constitutional provision should at all times be observed. When we talk of separation of the church and state, it brings to our minds that the church and the state have their own separate and indepen- Cris Diaz dent spheres. In addition, the church as well as the state moved within the limit of their spheres without encroaching into the other. However, are the church and state observing this constitutional provision? There are ‘gray areas’ so to speak stem | page 10 since the constitutional provision of the separation of church and state is general in context. These gray areas are ‘critical principles’ where both the state and the church (although separate and moved within their spheres) still share the same vision and www.mindanaodailybalita.com understanding of the value of life and dignity of a person. For instance, it is the duty of the state to ‘value the dignity of every human person and guarantees full The Mindanao Daily NEWS (mdn) respect for human rights.’ [Section 11. Ibid.] Of course, newspaper is published daily at Door 2, the Church would also say that their teachings adopt Tanleh Building, Abellanosa St., Brgy. Con-
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socialism which was started by that hurt and bitter young man, Karl Marx. That’s the terrible damage and influence which resulted from Karl’s hypocrite father. Our children are watching the way you and I live every day! Our character and attitudes speak much louder than our words. Our kids aren’t stupid. They see the act we put on to look religious and good in front of other people. Then they see how we really are at home. They see when
we’re not honest. They see when we’re two-faced and gossip about others. They see us when we lose our temper and self-control. They see when we won’t forgive someone who hurt and wronged us. Our kids know whether or not we’re real Christians who live Jesus’ way every day. But if we are hypocrites, it not only means we ourselves are in danger, it also does great damage to our children’s relationship with God and the kind of people they become as adults. So won’t you ask Jesus to forgive you? Then ask Him to take charge of your heart so He can start helping you change. That’s the only way your kids can learn from you how to follow and become like Christ in their character and lifestyle. Just think a minute…
this constitutional provision. Generally, the Philippine Constitution was tailored in the context of religious influence and perception. It is clearly manifested in the Declaration of State Principles and Policies, Section 12, which partly says ‘The state recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution. It shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception.’ Thus, the passage of the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill should not threaten the Church. After all, the spirit of the bill is not to snap the life of an unborn child. The bill was legislated as a method of counseling a family in rearing children and family. In other words RH Bill provides an appropriate ‘knowledge tools’ for parents to discern on the propriety of having children. While we are talking about the bill to address the continued growth of the existing 98 million people in the country, the bill does not teach couples to abort an unborn child otherwise; it would run contrary to the state’s constitutional provisions. The Church should not tag the RH Bill as a ‘state sponsored abortion’ because doing so would confuse the issue. Instead of positively reflecting on the issue, the Church mixes it up by directly interfering in the affairs of the state. React: crisguardian@yahoo.com
Patron of the Arts
(First of two parts)
FROM rising painters, to trailblazing printmakers, to national artists — the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has served as a “great patron” to them all. The Bangko Sentral is MINDANAO DAILY NEWS considered “unique” as a Publisher public institution because MER M. SUDARIA Manager of its exceptional collection ROSE MARY D. SUDARIA of paintings spanning more Finance Manager than two centuries, accordRUEL V. PELONE ALLAN M. MEDIANTE ing to the Committee on Editor-in-Chief Executive Editor BSP Artwork and Paintings JOE DEL PEURTO FELICILDA melanie rivera Managing Editor (CBAP). Advertising The BSP’s art collection CRIS DIAZ Associate Editor started under the term of albert molit SHAUN ALEJANDRAE UY Governor Gregorio S. LiCirculation Sports & Lifestyle Editor caros. Paintings were then BEN ARCHE jun escuadro acquired to adorn the former Regional Editor-DAVAO RIZA O. ARES Central Bank of the Philippat samonte LIEZL A. DELOSO Regional Editor-Caraga pines’ new offices on Roxas JOE PALABAO AL JACINTO Boulevard. Rene Michael BaÑos Regional Editor-Zamboanga The collected works grew Marketing Consultants gerry lee gorit significantly under former Photo Journalists ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI Uriel C. Quilinguing atty. roberto a. cantago jr. Governor Jaime C. Laya, Editorial Consultant who expanded the Bank’s Legal Counsels
Speaking Out IGNACIO BUNYE art collection to include decorative arts (pre-colonial gold and pottery). The CBAP added that during the terms of former BSP Governor Rafael B. Buenaventura and present Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr., the Committee started the inventory of the BSP art collection and published the books “Tanaw: Perspectives on the BSP Painting Collection” and “Tanaw: Catalog of the BSP Painting Collection.” It was under the term of Tetangco that the BSP’s biennial art competition
(“ Tanaw : the BSP Art Competition”) and its art acquisition program were launched. “We believe that the BSP as an established storehouse of Philippine culture should continue to serve as its guardian,” the CBAP said. The country’s 14 National Artists for visual arts (two for sculpture, 12 for painting) are represented in the BSP collection. Fernando Amorsolo leads the pack, with 28 of his paintings now with the BSP. Hernando R. Ocampo comes second, with 27 paintings.
The other National Artists with artworks included in the BSP collection are: Carlos “Botong” Francisco, Guillermo Tolentino, Napoleon Abueva, Victoria Edades, Vicente Manansala, Cesar Legaspi, Arturo Luz, J. Elizalde Navarro, Ang Kiukok, Jose Joya, Benedicto Cabrera, and Abdulmari Imao. The BSP also has 10 of the “Thirteen Moderns” in its collection. The “Thirteen Moderns,” spearheaded by Victorio Edades, was an attempt to form a cohesive unit of artists who were in search of a modern style. Edades, who has eight of his works with the BSP, had helped organize the University of Santo Tomas Department of Architecture in 1930. He was appointed Director of the UST College of Architecture and Fine bunye | page 10