Parents, grandparents, guardians: beware. If you love the children in your care, you need to know how vulnerable they are to abuse on the internet through social media platforms. Knowledgeable parents demand controls over telecommunications corporations (telcos) and internet service providers (ISPs) to block these abusive platforms. Some nations, like Australia,
December 16, 2025
On Nov. 7, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told her country’s legislature that if China attacked Taiwan, it could be considered a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan and trigger a military response. China called her remark “not just dangerously provocative, but fundamentally perverse.” “A conflict between Japan and China would not be
December 12, 2025
Andrea was an 8-year-old girl in a town in Zambales when her parents separated, after which her mother moved in with Christopher, who became her stepfather. In January 2024, when she was 11, Christopher sexually abused her. She was afraid to tell anyone, lest he would hurt her and her mother.
November 28, 2025
While the Philippines is being whacked by tropical cyclones in recent months, the nation’s poor are suffering greater poverty than ever before. The most recent typhoon has devastated the central Philippines especially Cebu. Another is on its way. The human typhoon of corruption and dirty deals between the politicians and contractors
November 8, 2025
The brave Filipinos defending the environment and ancestral lands from the insatiable greed of mining corporations, corrupt politicians, powerful dynasties and business empires are no match for the firepower of the mercenaries paid by these entities and by some corrupt military officials. The environmental and human rights organization Global Witness has
October 23, 2025
A hospital is supposed to be one of the safest places to go to amid armed conflict, like the war Israel is waging against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. However, there is strong evidence that Israeli forces are deliberately killing civilians, including women, children and journalists, in and around hospitals. On
September 11, 2025
The hope and dream of the late pope Francis was to reform the Catholic Church and make it a synodal church at every level, where everyone — laypeople, priests and bishops — are considered equal before God and Jesus of Nazareth, working together, sharing thoughts, listening and learning from one another,
August 14, 2025
The world lacks strong and outspoken leaders who can forcefully take to task the Israeli government and what its forces are doing in the Gaza Strip right now: killing the Palestinian civilians there through violence or starvation — a move that many have condemned as genocide. As many as 111 humanitarian
August 8, 2025