By Tin Bartolome “Para magkaron ng bagong kaibigan” (To find new friends); “Para makipag-bonding” (To bond with others); “Para makakain” (To be able to eat)… These were just some of the responses we got from the EJK youth and orphans who joined Program Paghilom’s second youth camp, held on May 17-19. These reasons, especially the […]
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By Br. Junmar Cris Caputolan A study conducted by an institution heightened worries about the psychological health of the Filipino youth. The youth of today are experiencing struggles with high levels of anxiety and recurring depressive states. A deeper understanding of this phenomenon is a study that needs to be endeavored by the academe. It suffices
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CALOOCAN CITY – Earlier today, May 1, was the inauguration of “Dambana ng Paghilom,” the first ever EJK memorial site in the Philippines, which according to one of the EJK widows present at the event, would help expose the truth about former President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent and bloody drug war. “…[W]hen this project came about,
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By Br. Junmar Cris Caputolan Most of the beneficiaries who joined the youth camp did not know each other. Only a few of them had been acquainted with each other, whether as close kin or as neighbors. Within three days and a half of being together, they got comfortable with each other. Some formed bonds
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By Nirva Delacruz When you meet Edna Marie, more popularly known as Tin, what first strikes you about her is how she is like Little Miss Sunshine in the flesh. Across programs at the Foundation, from Program Paghilom to Bahay Kalinga, there’s hardly anyone who doesn’t know her. She has a motherly mien that welcomes
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