The Philippine Senate has finally approved the final draft of the Philippine Senate Bill (SB) 2332 or An Act Increasing the Age for Determining Statutory Rape and other Acts of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation to Protect Children. This law is historic and vital to the protection of children and the prosecution of
October 2, 2021
By Shay Cullen The unpleasant truths about the torture and abuse of children behind bars are the truths that may not set us free from guilt, apathy, and indifference. It is not only in the Philippines’ Bahay Pag-Asa, youth detention jails, that children and youth are maltreated and abused in detention but also in many
September 25, 2021
When Pope Francis made a visit to so-called Catholic Hungary recently, it was short. He was made to feel unwelcome because he stands for the rights and dignity of every migrant and refugee that seeks refuge, a welcome and acceptance, understanding, shelter, care and help. But Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the
September 18, 2021
Human trafficking is the greatest evil that falls upon the poor, ignorant and vulnerable children that are groomed, lured and brain-washed by corrupt adults into believing that the high life of money, sex and drugs is the greatest trip they could have. They see the high life in the movies, on the
September 11, 2021
Why are Philippine senators and members of the House of Representatives delaying the completion and passing of vital historical laws that will protect children presently at gave risk of being victims of sexual abuse and sold as “baby brides” for the sexual gratification of old men? Allegedly, some senators are delaying the
September 4, 2021
Life is precious and sacred. Many people believe in the sanctity of the human person with rights and dignity to be protected and preserved. This is not true for many more who kill and murder and execute their perceived enemies. Those that declare war and invade other nations are also guilty of
August 27, 2021
Indigenous peoples are under threat as never before and need the international community to stand with them as they demand justice, their ancestral land rights and an end to the exploitation and abuse they suffer in many countries. They suffer discrimination, stigmatization and racism. How disingenuous that is since all people in
August 20, 2021
By Fr. Shay Cullen 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 little or no wages and controlled and trapped by their traffickers and slave-masters. Young women and boys are especially targeted and offered fake jobs and given empty
August 9, 2021
Many readers of this article are good people with a heart for child victims and want to help children to report abuse and ask how they can help. Knowing the signs is important. It is everybody’s task to be sensitive and alert, suspicious and concerned when a child is morose, depressed, sad,
August 2, 2021
The condition of many hundreds of thousands of youth in the Philippines today is a sorry and pain-filled situation of neglect, physical, emotional, verbal, psychological and sexual abuse. They are a lost generation as broken homes proliferate, hundreds of thousands of couples live together without the commitment of marriage and child protection
July 26, 2021