The Benefit of the Mango for human health

April 19th, 2014 | Comments Off on The Benefit of the Mango for human health »

Martin Hirte Germany Mangoes are full packed with vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants and contain like all fruits very few proteins, fats and calories. They are perfect to replenish salts, vitamins and energy after physical exercise. The famous Unani physician Hakeen Hashmi teaches that mangoes strengthens and invigorates the nerve tissues in muscles, heart and brain […]

The Meaning of Easter

April 14th, 2014 | Comments Off on The Meaning of Easter »

Fr.Shay Cullen This is the sacred time of year when we recall the life and death and resurrection of Jesus,the man from Nazareth. His life commitment to  goodness and self-sacrifice as a champion of the poor and the oppressed led to his arrest torture and execution at the hands of the unjust and cruel authorities. […]

Vegetable Seed Distribution in the island of Manicani, Guiuan Eastern Samar. March 11-14, 2014

April 11th, 2014 | Comments Off on Vegetable Seed Distribution in the island of Manicani, Guiuan Eastern Samar. March 11-14, 2014 »

On March 12, 2014, Preda Project officers – Roger Hermogino and Shawn Brooks with two foreign volunteers – Aliyah Hong and Patricia Fehrentz, went to Guiuan, Eastern Samar to distribute vegetable seeds particularly in the Island of Manicani as part of the assistance given to the victims of typhoon Yolanda. Manicani Island is about 45 […]

Trafficking in Innocence after the storm

April 11th, 2014 | Comments Off on Trafficking in Innocence after the storm »

By Shay Cullen, SSC Social worker Marlyn received a message that a 14-year-old girl named “Princess” had been trafficked and sold to a sex bar here in the Philippines. Marlyn alerted me and we began planning to rescue the child, just one of thousands of children trafficked for sexual abuse each year in the Philippines.and […]

An eyewitness account on the funeral of Romy Capalla

April 4th, 2014 | Comments Off on An eyewitness account on the funeral of Romy Capalla »

BY Alex Corpus Hermoso I took a taxi cab from the airport of Iloilo to join the motorcade that was organized by the civil society organizations, NGOs, POs and sympathetic political organizations to demand justice for the slain leader, Romeo Capalla. Upon boarding the cab, I immediately started conversation with the driver to ask about […]