Largabista

Is a health journalist and public relations practitioner working out of Batangas and Makati City, Philippines.
She is a regular correspondent for Medical Observer, a trade magazine for Filipino medical professionals, and a public relations consultant with global companies in information technology and executive education.

Look up her monthly feature articles and health news updates at: www.medobserver.com.

Contraceptives Back in Manila

Manila Once Again an "Open City" to Family Planning After 9-Year Ban Press release from reproductive rights group Likhaan After nine years of contraception ban in Manila, poor women and their families who feel its devastating impact can... more

Previous blog entries:
Jul 6	-	A Superstition to Live By
Jun 22	-	A Dash of Pinoy Pep(tides)
May 30	-	Out of Control

The Poisonwood Bible

To Africa's graven pagan face was the holy book remade and it was sacrilegiously, spectacularly successful. The book is as primevally (prime evilly in Rachel's broken-down vocabulary) lyrical and robust as most people's instinctive idea of the dark... more

Previous reviews:
May 4	-	My Antonia
Dec 10	-	Story of O
Dec 10	-	A Canticle for Leibowitz