Welcome the Refugees Fr. Shay Cullen 22 September 2016 The bombs keep falling and the barrels fall from the sky and burst with a massive boom and searing, burning flames consume the men, women and children. The chlorine chemical poison spreads among the ruins of Allepo. The people are dead, others are suffering in agony,…
The Vulnerable Children of the Philippines Fr. Shay Cullen 7 September 2016 The death of two small Filipino children caught in the gunfire of the vigilante assassins sent to kill suspected drug users and peddlers is an unfolding tragedy. The shoot-to-kill policy that has claimed as many as 2500 people marked as suspects and killed…
The Methods of Martial Law Fr. Shay Cullen 02 September 2016 The shocking death toll of Filipinos when Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in 1972 sent shivers through Filipino society at the time. Such widespread killing of Filipinos by summary execution had never been seen since the Japanese invasion and their severe occupation. His regime…
The Death Penalty is Being Implemented. 18 August 2016 Fr. Shay Cullen Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Capiz Rep. Fredenil Castro want to bring back the death penalty in the Philippines as a deterrent to crime. It can be said that the death penalty is already effectively and practically in force daily. As many as ten…
The Good News is That Justice Has Been Done Fr. Shay Cullen 7 July 2016 The serial child sexual abuser Douglas Slade from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire was sentenced to 24 years in jail after he was extradited back to the UK and faced sexual abuse charges. He was charged in court in Angeles City, Pampanga,…
The Child Prisoners of Philippine Jails Fr. Shay Cullen, mssc 30 June 2016 The recent conviction of notorious British Douglas Slade in the United Kingdom (UK) for multiple acts of sex abuse against children is a historical and significant development. It is rare that British pedophiles are successfully extradited from the Philippines. He fled to…
The Just Judge Saves the Innocent Fr. Shay Cullen 23 June 2016 The Philippines is moving away from an ear of compassion and justice to one where the innocent are targets for assassination and wrongful imprisonment on false charges. In recent weeks dozens of bodies are found shot dead with signs pinned on the bodies,…
Helping the New President Fight Crime Fr. Shay Cullen, mssc There is a wise saying, “Be careful of what you promise. People might believe it.” By June 30, the Philippines will have sworn in a new president, Rodrigo Duterte- famous for his somewhat exaggerated style of speaking and for making election promises to eradicate crime…
Behind the Drug Culture is Child Neglect Fr. Shay Cullen A society without respect and openness to accept and listen to children and youth is like a land without water- everything dies. Parents, relatives and enlightened community leaders are increasingly alarmed and shocked with the spread and common availability of personality and mind-altering dangerous drugs.…
The Destructive Trade in Dangerous Drugs Fr. Shay Cullen 28 May 2016 Young people by the thousands are dropping dead by consuming chemicals into their bodies to forget their problems or just to get an exciting high and overcome inhibition. A few weeks ago in an open air dance concert in Manila, another five people…
Lupa at Hustisya para sa mga Magsasaka: Mensahe ni Walden Bello sa paglulunsad ng Martsa ng Magsasaka 12 April 2016 Isang maalab na pagbati sa inyong lahat. Narito tayo ngayon sa Sariaya upang ilunsad ang isang martsa na naglalayong kalampagin at gisingin ang ating gobyerno. Gobyernong patuloy na isinasawalang bahala ang sunod-sunod na dagok na…
The Daily Crime against Humanity Fr. Shay Cullen I drove from Olongapo City to Subic town recently and pointed to the journalist the row of shuttered, dilapidated and closed-down sex bars that lined the road at Calapandayan, Subic. It is evidence of the success of an anti-trafficking operation conducted by the Preda Foundation social workers…
Statement from Walden Bello on the Violent Dispersal of Farmers and Lumad barricade and killing of one farmer in Kidapawan City April 1, 2016 I condemn in the strongest possible terms the violent attack of police and military forces against protestors that resulted in the killing of one farmer and injury to 13 others in…
Resurrection for Abused Children Fr. Shay Cullen 22 March 2016 The hope of a new life, “Resurrection,” for abused and traumatized children is what we at the Preda Foundation strive to provide for victims of abuse. Holy Week is about pain and suffering, injustice and new life and hope. That is what the mission of…
The March for Children’s and Women’s Rights Fr. Shay Cullen 10 March 2016 Jessica Mary with thirty other recovering child survivors of sexual abuse and human trafficking marched down the streets of Olongapo City on International Women’s Day. They carried a banner that declared “Olongapo City Home of the Most Empowered Women in the World…
The Success and Failure of the EDSA Revolution Fr. Shay Cullen 26 February 2016 It’s the 30th anniversary of the non-violent people’s power “revolution” that toppled the cruel and bloody Marcos dictatorship in 1986. Ironically, the son and namesake of Ferdinand E. Marcos called Bongbong, who is a senator, is making a strong bid with…
Cyber-crime destroys children’s lives Fr. Shay Cullen SSC February 12, 2016 It is the most disturbing crime that you will ever read about when young children, only six years old and above, are taken to a room in a rich suburb or a squatters shack in a slum and made to perform sex acts before…
The Spotlight on crimes against children Father Shay Cullen Mssc February 4, 2016 There is time when the truth has to be revealed, when the secrecy of crimes can no longer be contained, denied and when the guilty must be held to account. History shows that secrecy and cover up keeps that day of reckoning…
The Road to Justice and Equality Father Shay Cullen SSC January 29, 2016 Last week Archbishop Cardinal Tagle raised eyebrows in Cebu during the International Eucharistic Congress when he spoke directly about the greed and corruption of Philippine politicians who are so much a part of the throwaway society of greed, corruption, materialism and waste.…
The Tyranny of Global Finance By Walden Bello January 19, 2016 Against all expectations, financial capital has emerged even stronger after the financial crisis having staved off regulation and putting the blame on public spending. But its victory is likely a pyrrhic one as a new crisis looms, one in which the global public could…
