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Image: Instagram/@iceseguerra Actor and musician Ice Seguerra credited his mother as the one who taught him how to sing, but when it comes to his love for singing, he has his father to thank. Ice lost his father Decoroso “Dick” Seguerra, who he fondly calls “pogi,” last Nov. 15. Ice could not help but share memories of his father via Instagram on Nov. 29, telling his fans that the night hits differently when you’re the only one left awake. “Maaalala mo na naman lahat,” said Ice. “Si mama ang unang nagturo sa akin kumanta pero kay erpats ko nakuha ‘yung hilig sa pagkanta.” (You remember everything. My mother was the first person who taught me how to sing, but it was my father who I took after when it came to my love for singing). Ice first shared about his father’s battle with prostate cancer on Instagram last March 26, saying his dad’s cancer had metastasized to the bones. In August, he said that one good thing his father’s cancer gave them was that it brought ... » Learn More about Ice Seguerra remembers late father, the influence behind his love for singing

We have been living in the nightmare created by COVID-19 for over a year. But the last month or so, said Jaime Almora, president of the Philippine Hospital Association, is “the worst nightmare of a hospital manager happening in reality.” Indeed, it is a nightmare not just for hospital administrators and the “soldiers” they field in battle—doctors, nurses, medical technologists, hospital aides, and attendants—but more so for the greater public they serve: their patients, their families, and people they have had to turn away. This is what the nightmare consists of: too many patients, too few beds, inadequate equipment and insufficient drugs, staff driven to exhaustion and despair, and families and communities reeling under the combined threat of a deadly disease and the hunger and despair following in its wake. With the Department of Health confirming that as of Monday 86 percent of ICU beds in the National Capital Region are occupied, which is also the case with 69 percent of ... » Learn More about What COVID-19 home care entails

Written by: Tina Arceo-Dumlao The Ayala Group was just going back to its roots when it reentered the Philippines’ healthcare sector with the acquisition of the Generika drugstores and establishment of AC Health in 2015, 180 years since the group started out with Botica Zobel. That was a big leap forward for the group that has long been committed to investing in social infrastructure and human capital. And it has proven to be a fortuitous one as just five years later, AC Health, a wholly owned subsidiary of the country’s oldest and largest conglomerate, would emerge as a key partner in the country’s urgent quest to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic that has wreaked havoc on the economy and the public health system. “While no one expected that a global pandemic will occur in 2020, we felt it was serendipitous that we invested in health care when we did,” said AC Health president Paolo Borromeo. Thus, when the pandemic struck the country hard in 2020, AC Health’s ecosystem ... » Learn More about Investing in the health of the Philippines