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“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.
Read More...Medics’ sex abuse may top Church scandals
March 7, 2012 · By Evelyn Ring
The scale of sexual abuse by medical practitioners against patients could be far worse than scandals that rocked the Catholic Church, it was claimed yesterday. Dignity 4 Patients, which supports more than 250 alleged victims, has demanded a state inquiry into patient abuse after allegations were made against consultants, doctors and nurses from all over [...]
Read More...Network of Civil Society Organizations bare 6-point policy considerations for PNoy’s Executive Order on Mining
March 6, 2012 · , Philippine Misereor Partnership Press Release
“Promulgate a new mining policy now”. This was the call made by the Philippine Misereor Partnership at the close of its 3 day General Assembly…
Read More...Special SBS report: Child sex tourism in the Philippines
March 3, 2012 · By Katrina Yu, diversitydiaries.com
The opening of the Clark airbase and Subic Bay naval base just three hours north of the capital Manila created the designated ‘sex hubs’ of Angeles and Olongapo City that exist today.
Read More...Poverty strangles city children – UN report
March 2, 2012 · By NEIL A. ALCOBER CORRESPONDENT
HUNDREDS of millions of children in cities across the world are growing up in poverty and enduring deprivation, according to a report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released on Tuesday. The report said that many children living in urban areas go through, which are in many cases concealed by statistical averages in which [...]
Read More...Clerical Abuse of Children Must Be Rooted Out
March 1, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The conference recently held at the Vatican’s Gregorian University brought together cardinals, bishops, priests from over 100 countries and the heads of thirty-three religious orders to tackle the sexual abuse of children by catholic priests.
Read More...1.7M kids call Metro slums home
February 28, 2012 · By Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Barely into his teens, “Dennis” used to retrieve stray balls from a golf course for a fee of P5 each.
That was before he and his fellow street urchins realized that Quezon City was one big quarry for anyone who had their youthful speed and daring.