By Fr. Shay Cullen, Mssc Imagine the scene in a charity clinic where a teenager was brought threatening suicide. Barbara, 17 years old, was crying out in her anguish, beating her clenched fists on the table and screaming, “I can’t live with a face like this, I am better off dead, dead”. She wailed and […]
SKIN WHITENERS DAMAGE PEOPLE AND NATIONAL DIGNITY
August 7th, 2013 | Comments Off on SKIN WHITENERS DAMAGE PEOPLE AND NATIONAL DIGNITY »Dear Preda,
August 7th, 2013 | Comments Off on Dear Preda, »Dear Preda, I want to thank the staff for being so welcoming and allowing me to be a part of their beautiful work. While in the Philippines, I was able to be immersed into many Fair Trade projects that I would not have been able to do in the States. I thank you for your […]
NEW LAWS NEEDED TO BLOCK CHILD PORN
July 29th, 2013 | Comments Off on NEW LAWS NEEDED TO BLOCK CHILD PORN »by Fr. Shay Cullen When a German national child abuse suspect was arrested and jailed in Butuan city, Mindanao earlier this year, police found incriminating evidence in his laptop computer, of horrific photos of small Filipino boys as young as 8 years old being sexually abused by the suspect . Photos showed the children being made […]
Greenpeace ship sails into polluted Manila Bay
July 24th, 2013 | Comments Off on Greenpeace ship sails into polluted Manila Bay »http://www.ucanews.com/, July 24, 2013 The Greenpeace ship Esperanza docked in Manila Bay on Tuesday, the last stop on a nationwide tour aimed at raising awareness of pollution in the archipelago nation following disturbing recent scientific research indicating high levels of waste poured into the sea. The ex-Russian navy firefighting ship turned activist vessel arrived amid […]
Children are for school not palm oil plantations.
July 22nd, 2013 | Comments Off on Children are for school not palm oil plantations. »From Rainforest Action Network In a Businessweek article released July 18, Cargill’s supplier Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK) was exposed for its significant abuses of workers, some of whom are children. KLK laborers describe being defrauded, abused, and held… Here’s the last line of a Bloomberg Businessweek article that exposes the human rights abuses rampant in […]
