Topic: Corruption
THE INTERNET AND ORPHANAGE – SCENES OF CHILD ABUSE
January 19, 2014 ·
THE INTERNET AND ORPHANAGE – SCENES OF CHILD ABUSE Fr. Shay Cullen Two major child abuse stories broke last week. The exposé of the deviant criminal behavior of paedophiles in the UK, America, and Australia and the Philippines who are sexually exploiting Filipino children through the internet, has been revealed in a BBC report which […]
Read More...THE GREATEST HUNGER IS FOR JUSTICE
January 12, 2014 ·
THE GREATEST HUNGER IS FOR JUSTICE By Fr. Shay Cullen Food, glorious food, our lives are dominated by the desire and need to eat and the agricultural industry provides food for the billions of people on the planet. However, some people eat too much food, over 1.5 billion and others have too little food, about […]
Read More...THE CAPTURE OF THE CHILDREN AND THE NATION
January 5, 2014 ·
THE CAPTURE OF THE CHILDREN AND THE NATION By Fr. Shay Cullen The story of the rescue of Rosemary is heartening and encouraging. When we read about such stories of young children like that of Rosemary being helped and rescued from the clutches of depraved people who are arrested, we rejoice. But we may not […]
Read More...THE HUMAN FACE OF PHILIPPINE POVERTY
December 12, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen Reggie is the human face of poverty in the Philippines. He and his family lived on the edge of total poverty until typhoon Haiyan pushed him and his family into absolute poverty this November 2013. He is a 17 year-old jobless youth whose home was taken away by the 245 kilometer per hour wind. […]
Read More...SAVING THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
November 8, 2013 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen Nov. 10, 2013 She was only 14 years old when brought from a distant town, and she was lured into a relationship with a middle-aged American and became his live-in sex partner. He called her “Chocolate”, a racist term. In a conversation with reporters from ABC Television New York using a hidden […]
Read More...Bishop hits plunder raps: 'Discriminatory, selective'
September 19, 2013 ·
By Jocelyn R. Uy, Joey Gabieta Inquirer Visayas, Philippine Daily Inquirer 4:34 am | Thursday, September 19th, 201 Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo: Plunder charges selective INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines-Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo said the plunder charges against Janet Lim-Napoles and several lawmakers appeared to be “discriminatory and selective” as it did not […]
Read More...SUPPORTING THE GOOD, HONEST NGOs
August 30, 2013 ·
by FR.SHAY CULLEN These days the good name of non-government organizations (NGOs), church charities and people’s organizations in the Philippines have been dragged into the mud and disrepute by the corrupt acts of politicians who used fake NGOs and charities and even government agencies to launder stolen public funds entrusted to them for poverty alleviation […]
Read More...Cardinal Tagle leads protesters in praying and singing
August 28, 2013 ·
MANILA, August 26, 2013 (CBCP News via CNUA) Imagine the whole Luneta singing “Pananagutan” in unison. The sight might have caused goose bumps as the Million People March to Luneta served quite reminiscent of the historic People Power Revolution of 1986 where the influence of citizens reigned supreme over any form of power. Led by […]
Read More...THE PLUNDER AND ITS CHILD VICTIMS
August 23, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen It’s a happy day when we can save children from abusers, illegal detention, brothels, or from the clutches of traffickers, sex tourists or child porn makers. We at the Preda Foundation do that a lot but why is it so necessary in a so-called Catholic civilized country under the rule of law? And […]
Read More...Cardinal Tagle gets teary over 'heartbreaking' pork scam
August 22, 2013 ·
August 14, 2013 10:00am Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle on Tuesday became emotional as he joined calls for a closer probe into an alleged multibillion-peso scam involving lawmakers’ Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or so-called “pork barrel.” Speaking at a press conference at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila, Tagle branded the […]
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