ON THIS historic time for all humanity today, we integrate our thoughts on various Filipino values and culture as we join the worldwide concerns on the health and related efforts calling on human beings to care for their health and heroic values for human lives today. Consistent with our format of interconnecting the essential aspects of various topics in our past columns, we briefly recall on this reprise on Filipino cultural values from the early beginnings of our country. With special thanks to our main source, noted Filipino Sociologist, F. Landa Jocano, we are highlighting in this column today three basic values in the Philippine history, health and the heroism of our people over the past centuries. We are relating here also the nationwide observance of our people for the heroic contributions of countless Filipinos for the wellbeing of our country today.
We have chosen to highlight the notable writings of F. Landa Jocano on the socio-cultural theme of Filipino values as summarized in the basic concepts of sensitivity, reciprocity and collectivity. More particularly as shown in our history, Filipinos are generally sensitive and concerned with their individual and social behavior. These social aspects specifically demonstrate the values of being in good health and the many forms of heroism which have brought about the wellbeing of our people today. Two special concerns are confronting our people today: the values contributed by notable Filipinos today, and the efforts of Filipino scientists to care for the health of our citizenry over the past centuries. We remember in particular the nationwide commemoration of the heroism of Andres Bonifacio whose life and teachings left a historic legacy for the welfare of our nation from the Spanish colonial occupation of our country. On this commemoration, we especially remember Bonifacio and his followers who sacrificed their lives especially in establishing the historic KKK revolutionary movement to strengthen the unity of our people. In recalling the martyrdom of Bonifacio, we remember as well the many other Filipino citizens who also offered their lives for the sake of our country.
Our commemoration from history brings us to the more recent events of the values which our people are being taught in our present days to cope with the covid-19 pandemic confronting our people today. While this fast growing pestilence is less historic in terms of time, it has become more dangerous to the health of many of our people today and our government as well as our medical and other sectors are greatly challenged to combat the dangers of this fast growing pestilence which is spreading and affecting the lives of our people as well as that of many other countries today. This new but already historic event has become a widespread danger to the health of many of our people as well as many other countries. Thus, while this health problem is very new, it has assumed a very serious danger to the lives of humankind today. This new historic danger to humanity has presented a serious challenge to most countries of the world and calls for various forms of heroism throughout the world.