SILENCE ABOUT CHILD ABUSE IS A CRIME

May 15th, 2014 | Comments Off on SILENCE ABOUT CHILD ABUSE IS A CRIME »

By Fr. Shay Cullen There is growing international clamor for the filtering and blocking of child pornography and cyber-sex on the internet. The Philippine National Telecommunications Commission is under the national and international spotlight for not implementing the anti-child porn law law since 2009. They have promised to do it by June, five years late. […]

KAYO AND FRIENDS SELL PREDA MANGOS IN CHINA

May 14th, 2014 | Comments Off on KAYO AND FRIENDS SELL PREDA MANGOS IN CHINA »

  Kayo and friends are fair trade advocates and they are selling Preda fair trade dried mangos at bazaars in southern china. Our many thanks to them for a important work and good sales. – Mabelle Facturanan      

JOURNALISTS – GIVING THEIR LIVES FOR THE TRUTH

May 6th, 2014 | Comments Off on JOURNALISTS – GIVING THEIR LIVES FOR THE TRUTH »

Fr. Shay Cullen The Philippines is quickly becoming the killing fields for journalists, reporters, and writers with 14 killed in 2013;  ten of them by suspected assassination squads. According to the International News Safety Institute (INSI) based in the UK, this makes the Philippines the third most dangerous place in the world for news reporters […]

I WALKED WITH THE SAINTS

May 6th, 2014 | Comments Off on I WALKED WITH THE SAINTS »

by Fr. Shay Cullen Now that Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII have been canonized Saints, I suppose I can now say that I walked with a saint, I talked with a saint and I photographed a saint. Just as thousands have done during his many travels and his public appearances. It is a beautiful […]

Debt relief

April 23rd, 2014 | Comments Off on Debt relief »

Editorial Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:12 am | Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014  Debt condonation is something a government avoids because of its repercussions on a country¹s financial and economic wellbeing. A country that expresses even the slightest hint of a request for debt condonation worries the international lending community. However, an appeal two weeks ago by […]