Standing for the rights of indigenous peoples, 2
BY SHAY CULLEN
JESUS of Nazareth taught that the rights and dignity of every human being is of eternal value. Children are the most important...
Standing for the rights of indigenous peoples, 1
BY SHAY CULLEN
INDIGENOUS peoples are under threat as never before and need the international community to stand with them as they demand justice, their...
100,000 reasons
THERE are so many headlines about COVID and vaccines and deaths that they eventually blur into one mass that now seems to pass by....
Sit down bravely
SINCE when has mental health been more important than a gold medal? ALWAYS!
It is unfortunate that more people haven’t prioritised their mental – and...
Human trafficking, why so few convictions?, 2
BY FR. SHAY CULLEN
PROTECTION, healing and empowerment are the most important services needed to help the victims and stop human trafficking but they are...
Human trafficking, why so few convictions?, 1
THE RECRUITMENT and sale of humans is an age-old crime against the rights, freedom and dignity of everyone exploited and forced to work for...
Reporting abuse should be as common as making a call
BY SHAY CULLEN
MANY readers of this article are good people with a heart for child victims and want to help children to report abuse...
Not so bleeping serious
AUSTRALIAN Kaylee McKeown has won the Olympic 100-meter backstroke after a very hard year of family sadness and yet the media reports are concentrating...
Understanding youth and fighting social evil
BY SHAY CULLEN
THE CONDITION of many hundreds of thousands of youth in the Philippines today is a sorry and pain-filled situation of neglect, physical,...
Sex with a 12-year-old legal in PH
BY SHAY CULLEN
THE GREATEST shame of the Philippines is the fact that it is legal under the old 1930 Penal Code for a 50-year-old...