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The Children of the Streets

Posted by Fr. Shay Cullen
|Date: August 05, 2019
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The Children of the Streets

Why and how are people, who do not know about human hardship and suffering, indifferent to helping the po ...

Why and how are people, who do not know about human hardship and suffering, indifferent to helping the poor and brand 12-year-old children as criminals when they are just children, get elected to high ...

August 05, 2019
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Steep upward climb

Posted by Jose Ma. Montelibano
|Date: February 01, 2019
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Steep upward climb

The latest report by Oxfam on the world’s richest individuals increasing their wealth in 2018 by $2.5 bil ...

The latest report by Oxfam on the world’s richest individuals increasing their wealth in 2018 by $2.5 billion per day while half of the human population slowly decreased theirs in the same period offe ...

February 01, 2019
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Poverty trumps corruption

Posted by Jose Ma. Montelibano
|Date: October 05, 2018
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Poverty trumps corruption

I have this friend whom I admire and respect whose short tenure in government already has her up in arms ...

I have this friend whom I admire and respect whose short tenure in government already has her up in arms at the pain of the poor and the weak, in her mind primarily caused by corruption. Her reaction ...

October 05, 2018
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Do we really care?

Posted by Jose Ma. Montelibano
|Date: September 01, 2018
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Do we really care?

I was hungry … And you formed humanities groups to discuss my hunger. I was imprisoned … And you crept of ...

I was hungry … And you formed humanities groups to discuss my hunger. I was imprisoned … And you crept off quietly to your church to pray for my release. ...

September 01, 2018
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Tambays and TRAIN

Posted by Jose Ma. Montelibano
|Date: June 29, 2018
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Tambays and TRAIN

There are some discrepancies in the explanation of current economic conditions. Economics, like Law, is n ...

There are some discrepancies in the explanation of current economic conditions. Economics, like Law, is not an exact science. Like Law, therefore, there will be many interpretations and a host of reas ...

June 29, 2018
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Chasing our Easter

Posted by Jose Ma. Montelibano
|Date: March 29, 2018
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Chasing our Easter

We are riding a wave. This one is called the Lenten season, and it is rushing towards the shore just ahea ...

We are riding a wave. This one is called the Lenten season, and it is rushing towards the shore just ahead, the shore of Easter. It’s not just about religion, not Lent or Easter. The heart of the stor ...

March 29, 2018
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Why I write

Posted by Jose Ma. Montelibano
|Date: March 23, 2018
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Why I write

Writing articles weekly and submitting them to Inquirer.net for publication has been part of my life for ...

Writing articles weekly and submitting them to Inquirer.net for publication has been part of my life for 17 years now. It can be fun, difficult, frustrating and satisfying – something I wonder how I g ...

March 23, 2018
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Dictatorsip on the rise

Posted by Fr. Shay Cullen
|Date: March 19, 2018
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Dictatorsip on the rise

History is full of tyrants and dictators. Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Mao Ze Dong are among the worst in p ...

History is full of tyrants and dictators. Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Mao Ze Dong are among the worst in past history but today dictatorship is increasingly on the rise. True democracy is in retreat as ...

March 19, 2018
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Fighting Poverty Through Fair Trade

Posted by Fr. Shay Cullen
|Date: February 02, 2018
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Fighting Poverty Through Fair Trade

Pepito Alvarez, 57 and with his wife Conchita is among one of the thousands of small mountain subsistence ...

Pepito Alvarez, 57 and with his wife Conchita is among one of the thousands of small mountain subsistence farmers who have lived just below the poverty line all their lives. He and his villagers in th ...

February 02, 2018
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Blowing in the wind

Posted by Jose Ma. Montelibano
|Date: December 21, 2017
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Blowing in the wind

“Yes, How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, and how many ears must one man ha ...

“Yes, How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, and how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, and how many deaths will it take till he knows That too ...

December 21, 2017
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The Children of the Streets

The Children of the Streets

Steep upward climb

Steep upward climb

Poverty trumps corruption

Poverty trumps corruption

Do we really care?

Do we really care?

Tambays and TRAIN

Tambays and TRAIN

Chasing our Easter

Chasing our Easter

Why I write

Why I write

Dictatorsip on the rise

Dictatorsip on the rise

Fighting Poverty Through Fair Trade

Fighting Poverty Through Fair Trade

Blowing in the wind

Blowing in the wind