24/7 operations eyed for Taguig health centers
THROUGH a new disaster preparedness budget provided by the city council, Taguig Mayor Ma. Laarni Cayetano has tapped four health centers in the city to operate 24/7. In a statement, Cayetano said round-the-clock medical services would initially be available in four health centers as part of the city’s disaster preparedness program. “It is my commitment as mayor … to look after the health of all Taguigeños. This is what spurred me to make the city’s medical services more accessible to them,” she said. Eventually, Cayetano said she plans to make all the city’s 28 health centers operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week so that residents could seek immediate medical attention. The health centers can also augment disaster management efforts when the need arises, she added. At the same time, Cayetano called on doctors and other health professionals in the city to support the program by giving their time to the project. “Taguig needs doctors who are ready and willing to sacrifice in the name of public service,” she said. Miko Morelos
Aikido master to visit Manila
ON March 26-27, Hayato Osawa, a 7th dan shihan (or master teacher) from the Aikido World Headquarters in Tokyo, will teach a seminar in Manila. Osawa is known worldwide for his crisp, sharp and effortless techniques; he has been training in Aikido headquarters since 1959 and he teaches Aikido seminars all around the globe. He will also conduct black belt examinations during his Manila seminar. The Osawa seminar will be held at the basketball gym on the 9th floor, Golden Panda Dormtel at 447 E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave. corner Banawe, Quezon City. The six classes will be scheduled as follows for both March 26 and 27: 9:30 to 11 a.m., 3 to 4:30 p.m., 5 to 6:30 p.m. The seminar will be priced at P1,000 for a package of all six sessions and a mat fee of P200 per session. For more information, call 0915-333-0055; or email Raul Rodrigo at rvrodrigo@gmail.com. A modern and very sophisticated expression of Japanese martial arts, Aikido is a noncompetitive discipline that offers both effective self-defense and spiritual self-mastery. The word “Aikido” can be translated as the way (do) of harmonizing (ai) spiritual power (ki).