It’s disheartening to note how Filipino Christians in rebel dominated area of the island Mindanao are being persecuted daily, with the recent murder of a church elder’s family and burning of homes. This indication is contained in a news report by the Release International (www.releaseinternational.org) a United Kingdom based Christian charity adding that one bishop […]
Mothers of Missing Filipinos Struggle On
With the state unable or unwilling to help, mothers of the disappeared are left to seek justice themselves. By Amita O Legaspi Erlinda Cadapan, 59, has lost count of the number of times she has traveled to Manila to give interviews, attend forums and speak at meetings. Often she arrives home late at night only […]
Philippines: DepED says make a kid and toys happy – donate old toys and sports gear to schools
Manila – The Department of Education or DepED, in the Philippines, is asking those with more – to donate to those with less. The education department’s goal is for more public-private-partnerships for play to help those with out any sports equipment and toys for younger children that they have outgrown. Think of the movie toy story, which I like […]
Philippines: Helping flood victims through social media
Typhoon Ondoy (International name: Ketsana) has already left the Philippines but in her aftermath, a trail of destruction with over 100 dead, 300,000 families displaced, nearly 80 percent of the nation’s capital region flooded and millions worth of damages to property and infrastructure. Gail Villanueva recalls that thanks to Ondoy, she has seen the worst […]
Mountainous Task for Teachers
By Maria Congee S. Gomez in Shariff Kabunsuan (PHR No. 2, 25-Jun-08) With its worn-out chairs and books, Bliugan primary school, in the mountains of the southern Philippines, is as basic and isolated as they come This is the rugged Cotabato region, inhabited by the indigenous Teduray people, where villages and homesteads are linked only […]