Contradictions in Philippine fossil gas production for Japan Fr. Shay Cullen 14 April 2024 When you see the new skyways, highways and other expanding infrastructure in the Philippines, look to Japan as the source of many loans that helped build them. The Philippines' foreign debt is at a record $125.4 billion as of last December. There is interest to be paid on that, and most of the loans came from Japan, the world's third-biggest economy, and the Asian Development Bank. The money is paid to Philippine corporati ...Continue Reading

Delays in legal process cost child rights NGO huge sums Fr. Shay Cullen 6 April 2024 It's always good news when justice is done and seen to be done. Judge Maribel Mariano-Beltran in the Family Court Branch 13 in Iba, Zambales is among one of the quickest family court judges to try child abuse and rape cases. Likewise, the court of Judge Gemma Theresa Hilario-Logronio in Olongapo City where the children, supported by the Preda Foundation, file their cases and where they have victories against their abusers as lis ...Continue Reading

Resurrection today and a chance to live again Fr. Shay Cullen 29 March 2023 Hundreds of children that were once dead in spirit are now alive, happy and vibrant. Easter is the time to celebrate life and success and above all the happy lives of hundreds of children that were once dead in themselves and to the world but have found a new lease on life. They suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse. They were just existing but not living, dead in spirit and then saved, rescued, cared for and healed and they ...Continue Reading

The life and death of Jesus of Nazareth  Fr. Shay Cullen 22 March 2024  Palm Sunday recalls the triumphant entry of Jesus of Nazareth into Jerusalem riding on a donkey. It was a normal visit of Jesus and his apostles to the great celebration of Passover. However, others presented it as a triumphant arrival of the Messiah who would restore the kingship of David and who would deliver the Jewish people from their oppressors. Jesus of Nazareth never claimed to be the Messiah and told his disciples not to c ...Continue Reading

Saint Patrick escaped slavery and freed thousands Fr. Shay Cullen  17 March 2023 Christians and Irish people around the world will celebrate today, 17th March, the life, words and deeds of a great man of courage, true Christian faith and a man of action, Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland yet he was not even Irish. He was kidnapped by non-Christian human traffickers around the year 410 across the Irish Sea in Wales. He was brought to Ireland as a child slave worker and forced to guard cattle and goa ...Continue Reading

The safest social media platforms for children Fr. Shay Cullen  8 March 2024  This is a report in the defense of children. It calls on all the good people that read it to respond with a strong commitment to do good, protect children from abuse, and bring them healing and a chance for a life free from abuse and exploitation. That is the duty of every human being, but not every person has the compassion, empathy, moral strength and the conviction that caring for the abused and exploited children will one ...Continue Reading

The truth of child abuse in the MEP Fr. Shay Cullen 3 March 2024 When truth-loving journalists, researchers and teachers research the facts, find the truth, verify and publish it, they are doing a great service to society. They are the guardians of morality, protectors of human rights, challengers to dictators and abusive institutions and a thorn to tyrants and dictators. The investigative journalists and researchers are the most effective in revealing the truth about wrongdoing, corrupt government officials an ...Continue Reading

Law for Children’s Court and Therapeutic Homes  Fr.Shay Cullen 24 February 2024  During the 50th anniversary celebration of the Preda Foundation last 22nd February 2024, the President of Preda Foundation, Francis Bermido, Jr., presented a concept paper (virtually) proposing new legislation for a Children’s Court and therapeutic residential homes for sexually abused children to Senator Risa Hontiveros, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality. The co ...Continue Reading

Children are raping children because of uncontrolled Internet  Fr. Shay Cullen  17 February 2024  It all happened recently in a vacant lot in Bataan where a small,12-year-old boy (call him Juanito, not his real name) was invited by his cousin to watch a child abuse video on a cell phone. Juanito had Roberto with him. Immediately after watching the video, they were sexually aroused and as soon as they saw young girls six and seven years old, they decided together to go catch them.  They ran a ...Continue Reading

Fifty years of Preda Healing Therapy for abused children Fr. Shay Cullen  11 February 2024 It has been a good start to 2024 for the work of the Preda Foundation that is celebrating its golden 50th anniversary of service rescuing, protecting, healing and empowering children after their ordeal of being trafficked and sexually abused by traffickers, relatives and sex tourists. The Preda Foundation was begun in 1974 in Olongapo City to help teenage boys that were arrested and jailed as suspects of drug abuse a ...Continue Reading