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Operation for Children with Cleft Lip and Palate
March 20, 2012 · By Preda
The first time I saw a child with a hole in her face was long ago in 1972 . I was assigned as assistant parish Priest in San Marcelino, Zambales I brought the parish religious teachers to the rural school. While waiting outside I rounded a corner and there I was face to face with [...]
Read More...Mining ban eyed in 78 ecotourism sites – Aquino
March 19, 2012 · By Chichi Conde, InterAksyon.com
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — President Benigno Aquino III said the government is poised to ban mining in 78 ecotourism sites in the country.
Read More...PNoy: Gov’t not keen on total mining ban
March 19, 2012 · By Rappler.com
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III is not keen on imposing a total ban on mining activities in the Philippines but insists that the government deserves its “fair share” of the revenues from mining. “We don’t think banning altogether is the solution… We want to ensure that we get a fair share,” Aquino told [...]
Read More...Lubanga Verdict A Victory for Humanity: ICC
March 16, 2012 ·
The conviction of Congolese war criminal Thomas Lubanga is a victory for humanity, Luis Moreno Ocampo, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), said on Thursday. The Lubanga guilty judgment was the first verdict in the ICC’s ten-year history. Moreno Ocampo said it was difficult to unite the world for Lubanga because he “committed crimes [...]
Read More...THE MANGOS THAT SAVED A VILLAGE
March 16, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
As I walked the last few meters with a medical team organized by the Preda Fair Trade Development Foundation to the hillside village, high in the Zambales Mountains, I was not greeted with the usual rush of excited smiling children curious at the arrival of visitors from the lowland. The Preda team entered a village [...]
Read More...International Women’s Day 2012: Perspectives from Women in Tourism
March 14, 2012 ·
The following is the response from Malia Asfour (Director, Jordan Tourism Board North America), Manal S. Kelig (Co- founder of Gateway To Egypt for Travel Marketing in the Middle East & Great Wonders of Egypt for sustainable travel to Egypt, North Africa and the Middle East), and Megan Epler Wood, Co-Executive Director, Planeterra.
Read More...“Run for Freedom” with Damien Dempsey and Catherina McKiernan
March 13, 2012 ·
PREDA’s “Run for Freedom” with musician Damien Dempsey and athletics legend Catherina McKiernan on Saturday 28th April, 2012 in the Phoenix Park. The “RUN FOR FREEDOM” will take place in the Phoenix Park on Saturday April 28th at 1pm with registration also accepted from 11am on the morning of the run.
Read More...Poor people helping the poor make a Eco-village
March 12, 2012 · By Emmanuel Drewery
In Sito Nato, San Juan district, Botolan, Zambales a group of refugees whose villages was washed away by the floods of the typhoons are forming a self- sustainable community after living in a refugee camp for almost three years.
Read More...Residents, Various Groups Reject Subic Coal Plant Project
March 9, 2012 · By Robert Gonzaga, Inquirer Central Luzon
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, Philippines—Residents and businessmen at Subic Bay Freeport in Pampanga, as well as officials of communities surrounding the economic zone, said they do not want a coal-fired power plant in their midst.
Read More...Who Coddled The Toxic Terror?
March 9, 2012 ·
The protection, preservation and nurturing of life is more than just an act of survival based on instinct as it is with the animal kingdom. For human persons it is a rational balancing of alternatives as to what action is best to take in any given situation. The fact we have free will to choose [...]
Read More...SBMA tells Aquino: No to coal plant
March 8, 2012 · By Robert Gonzaga, Inquirer Central Luzon
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT —Residents, businessmen and officials of communities surrounding this economic zone have spoken, and the message is clear—no to a coal-fired power plant in Subic.
Read More...Preda and PBM to Conduct Medical Surgical Mission for Deformed Children
March 8, 2012 · By Preda Information Office
The PREDA Foundation together with the Philippine band of Mercy (PBM) is organizing in April a free surgical medical mission to repair the facial deformity of children suffering from cleft lip and cleft palate.
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