Education on birth control is really needed in the Philippines and in other countries suffering from extreme poverty. Imagine a couple living under a bridge with the creek directly under their make-shift house… and a baby! Can you imagine the number of diseases the baby is exposed to not to mention the fact that the [...]
Do you actually tolerate a 16-year-old girl pole dancing? I mean, what kind of a parent are you if you can look at your underage kid dancing like an adult woman enticing a man? A celebrity family got a lot of flack from different sectors of society for letting their popular teenage girl pole dance [...]
The Department of Education (DepEd) is rallying behind the inclusion of sex education in Nursery. Yes, you read it right, in Nursery! Just imagine teaching 3 or 4-year-old kids about the birds and the bees. I can understand the need for sex ed in high school. Teens are really exploring their sexuality already. But for [...]
I cannot believe the showbiz news report I read… An 11-year old rising star of a major TV network in the country is the breadwinner of their family. An 11-year old kid??? I can’t believe the mentality of my fellowmen. Why would you depend your family’s finances on a child? An 11-year-old kid should be [...]
I can’t understand how some parents can neglect their kids. I read this report about a father who left his kids, one is a 9-month old baby and one is a 3-year old kid, inside a car while he went inside a strip club to have fun. The car was about to be towed because [...]
When someone you know dies, you feel this overwhelming sadness grip you. The grandmother of my sister’s bestfriend died yesterday afternoon. My sister learned about it just this morning around past two in the morning. My sister was not able to go back to sleep even if she had to go to school before seven [...]
I know that almost everyone have seen the devastation left by Philippine Tropical Storm Ondoy. Floods everywhere. So many people were injured. A lot died while trying to save their lives and that of their families. Hundreds of families were left homeless. Some people have gone missing. You can feel the anguish felt by these [...]
I saw an article about the Travolta family finally facing the cameras again after grieving over the loss of Jett Travolta, 16, due to a seizure. Nine months after their son Jett’s death, John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston took the stage with their daughter Ella Bleu, 9, to promote their new Disney film Old [...]
Last night, news programs reported the birth of a baby with two heads. It’s actually a case of conjoined twins wherein one of the babies didn’t develop on its own inside the womb of the mother. You know, this could have been avoided had there been an early detection of abnormalities with the pregnant mother. [...]
I went to the mall with my sisters last Sunday. My sisters bought pairs of shoes for work. They wanted flat shoes because it’s rainy season here in the country until September. It would be better to wear flat shoes when out of the house lest you slip on wet surfaces. Do you know what [...]
Have you heard about the “Death with Dignity” law of Washington and Oregon in the US? It is assisted suicide for those who are terminally ill and have no more recourse. Linda Fleming of Sequim, 66 years old, had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. She died Thursday night last week after she took drugs prescribed under [...]
Did you know that in Saudi Arabia, a girl or boy under 15 years old can be legally married? There is a big case about a court in Saudi Arabia granting an 8-year-old girl to divorce her 47-year-old husband. The little girl was married to the man by her father as a payment of sorts [...]
I have written about suicide before. I have said that it is NEVER an option. Ever! Filipinos have been following the case of Ted Failon, veteran broadcaster of the television network giant, ABS-CBN. If you don’t know the story, here it is… Ted Failon (Teodoro Failon Etong in real life) was slapped with obstruction of [...]
I have always said that having kids is a big responsibility that should not be rushed into. You always have to think a million times before deciding on having a child. If you have more than enough for yourself, then that’s the time you can proceed in considering having a kid. But then if you [...]
Students cry in graduation. That’s because they are saying goodbye to their classmates, to the familiar environment they’ve been in for the past four years or so of their lives, to teachers who have been their pillar of strength, and to a carefree life. When I graduated in fourth year high school, I didn’t cry. [...]
