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You might be familiar with past iterations of Bloggers Unite. On a certain date, bloggers come together to learn and spread the word about one important issue. Today, May 15th, it’s about Human Rights. Continue reading the whole post…
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Today, May 15, 2008, Bloggers Unite in a project that aims to harness the power of the blogosphere “to help elevate human rights by drawing attention to the challenges and successes of human rights issues.” Take up the challenge. Blog about it.
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“The child shall not be admitted to employment before an appropriate minimum age; he shall in no case be caused or permitted to engage in any occupation or employment which would prejudice his health or education, or interfere with his physical, mental or moral development.”
- Principle 9, Declaration of the Rights of a Child
To all Manila citizens, they are a ubiquitous sight – knocking on windows, peddling their wares. Rain or shine, night or day, they dart among cars stalled in traffic, knocking on windows with winsome smiles and wistful eyes. We have become so used to seeing them that we take for granted that, by virtue of who they are, they should not even be there at all.
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Forty rural activists marched for about 15K yesterday to demand genuine agrarian reform in our country. They started from the Quezon City Memorial Circle to the House of Representatives Complex. Forty people. It may be a small number to some. In fact, it’s just the size of a class. But we can’t doubt the passion of…
“The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach. Rather it is that, attached to those hands are sharp elbows.” — Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – ), US economist, Nobel Prize laureate
Today is International Conscientious Objectors’ Day. A conscientious objector is someone who refuses to bear arms or participate in military service, on the basis of religious or moral principles. Here’s a story about a weary soldier on a train…
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. —Psalm 34: 6
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Amid the crisis, however, the CSC Forest represents bounty. Today, squirrels can be sighted in the forest including snakes and other wild animals. It represents an ideal environment beyond the four corners of a government edifice. It represents an environment of what our country should be.
We lost track of the trees we planted at the Department of Agriculture and NIA. It reminds us of the past, however, whenever we see flowers of rain trees blooms as rainy season approaches while we walk along the alley of the Office for Legal Affairs. We can only hope, however, that those trees are now as tall, as big and cared dearly, where squirrels can hide, live and play in peace, like in the Civil Service Commission’s Centennial Forest, presently under Acting Chair Cesar Buenaflor.
The CSC Forest . . .
(Picture: Compliment of CSC Public Assistance and Information Office)
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