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Since November has been named Children’s Month (it used to be in October), I pause to reflect on my interaction with children while NGOs and other advocacy groups root for children’s rights and the aggressive campaign against…
I first heard about Resil B. Mojares when I was a college student at STC in the 1960s when he sat as a panelist in the oral defenses of the theses of English majors. His reputation as…
The research of the Royal Mission exposed the abuse of thousands of children in schools, churches, families. So the Prime Minister of Australia made the emotional public apology. Those and the discussion on Sa Mata sa Kababayen-an…
With just a year ahead, last Friday, October 19, the Sentro sa Katilingban Inc. Training and Social Resource Center had the opening salvo of the celebration of its forthcoming 50th Founding Anniversary on October 19, 2019 with…
In 2005 the Women in the Literary Arts collaborated with the Women Artists’ Initiatives and produced Babayeng Buhat A Visual/Literary Experience; my favorite from this collection has been Linda Kintanar-Alburo’s “Pen pen de Sarapen, Pildi ang Pabilin”:…
When I was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease stage 4 in June 2010, I was caught off guard for together with the diagnosis there were four more ailments I had. There was a brief period of uncertainty…
Working with young people whose interests tend towards themselves and their small world can be quite a challenge in Araling Panlipunan (Social Studies). There has always been the effort to make topics real and closer to them,…
One of the sweetest words I received while recovering from my breast surgery were those coming from survivors of breast cancer who shared their inspiring journey. It was from Me’anne Alcordo-Solomon that I first heard the term…
She took the opportunity of the presence of the leader, so she bravely asked for a stop in quarrying. He suspected that she had been manipulated. Now she is in hiding because she heard of people searching…
With National Teachers’ Month ending on October 5, I won’t miss the opportunity to thank and recall what many of my teachers contributed to my life. I have always attributed my early education with the Belgian Sisters…
On our way to Our Lady of Joy Learning Center we were listening to the radio report on the tragedy at Naga. Thoughts of the Commission on Appointments encounter of Gina Lopez emerged in my mind; she…
More than a decade ago, I visited an NGO office where I was also involved in. The conversation touched on the Martial Law experiences. One of the staff stated that she never saw me in the rallies.…
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