15% of the world lives with a disability1. Of these, more than 200 million2 have an intellectual disability making them one of the world’s biggest disability groups and one of the most underserved populations. People with intellectual disability face enormous attitudinal, structural, and logistical barriers to obtaining healthcare and getting a job. These compounding factors... Continue Reading →
Breaking News: The resilience of the Filipino conquered the 2018 North Pole Marathon. FWD Life Philippines representative Luisito "Louie" Sangalang, multi-sport athlete and cancer survivor took us on an amazing journey that was pure energy but also pure love and compassion. Clocking in 11hours and four minutes on that fateful April 16 is nothing short of... Continue Reading →
It takes real guts to swim, but it takes a gutsy swimmer to also run and be an aquathlete! Put your skills and training to the test by joining a sprint aquathlon with your friends and family on July 22, 2018 at the Miriam College grounds. The BBrave Swim and Run for Fun is a... Continue Reading →
Cancer has that devastating effect on all of us. That awful feeling of going through the cycles of change from shock and denial to acceptance is shared by cancer fighters and their community of family and friends. I feel that being confronted with a disease that threatens one's very core, it is easier to give... Continue Reading →
It's that time of the year and season, when the great outdoors beckon and fiestas abound. This is deeply rooted in our culture and history as fiestas were held in past generations as a celebration of friendship, an adoration for our saints, a pageantry of talent and beauty and even a competition of the best.... Continue Reading →
Meeting the multi-sport athlete Luisito "Louie" Sangalang sent chills up my spine, both for what he had done and by what he was about to do. Here was a man who beat the odds of cancer but cannot stay just on the safe side of the road and live a simple life. He had to... Continue Reading →
When I was little, back was in the 60s, the Philippines was a promising underdeveloped country that CNN and other international news agencies wouldn't even pick up the weather or political news about. Fast forward 50 years later and our rich cultural and socio-political progression has jolted the world into attention. We will see a... Continue Reading →
Why can't HEALTH and WELLNESS be a passion? It's true that we only get more concerned about wellness when sickness takes over our bodies. And it's an irony that we work ourselves to exhaustion for the money and prestige, only to wake up one morning to find out our health is already on the line.... Continue Reading →
In an effort to rebuild war-torn Marawi, everyone must make it their business to help so that our brothers may have a better quality of life and resume their normal activities. Months after the declaration of martial law and its eventual extension has taken its toll on the health, education and livelihood of the Maranaos.... Continue Reading →
