How justice is denied to children and rights defenders, 1
AS A WONDERFUL country of more than 7,600 islands, one blessed with breathtaking scenery and beautiful, kind and friendly people, the Philippines is considered...
Children rape children, and telcos allow it, 2
CHILDREN younger than 15 have access to social media platforms and websites that expose them to child sexual abuse materials, including those captured on...
Children rape children, and telcos allow it, 1
I RECENTLY wrote a letter to the highly respected Benjamin Acorda Jr., the executive director of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC). In that...
52 years of healing and justice for abused and empowered children, 2 Special children’s...
As a child rights’ campaign organization, the Preda Foundation has petitioned the Supreme Court to establish a special children’s court in each region. In...
52 years of healing, justice for abused and empowered children, 1
FEBRUARY 2026 marked 52 years since the establishment of the Preda Foundation, a charitable organization aimed at helping children in conflict with the law,...
The suffering of abused children and the injustice they face, 2
THE FIRST is Angie (not her real name), 13, from Santa Cruz, Zambales. When she went to the Ospital ng Santa Cruz in December...
The suffering of abused children and the injustice they face, 1
THE SEXUAL abuse of children is a most heinous crime, and the Church, civil society, and national and local authorities have tried for centuries...
The human rights situation: From Duterte until today, 2
Absent voices
A huge majority of the population — as much as 88 percent — continued to support him, knowing he was allowing suspects to...
The human rights situation: From Duterte until today, 1
FORMER president Rodrigo Duterte is currently in a private cell at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Detention Center in Scheveningen, on the outskirts of...
The dangers of global warming and EV deadlock, 2
IT SEEMS that breaking point has almost arrived. Scientific research indicates that, by the end of the century, unless we stop all CO2 emitting...