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written by Junex Quinones Doronio, journalist/ HAPI member Founder, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief atMaharlika Sun, Cebu Correspondent at Manila Standard Today and Columnist at Hataw Tabloid/National Press Club

Atty. Jesus Falcis, HAPI Legal Consultant   Jesus with Andy and other HAPI Core Officers: Danielle, Huemer and Dmitri I had a personal encounter with Jesus in Cebu last weekend, at this wonderful place called Hamerson’s Hotel. I was one of the guest speakers at a leadership meeting and general assembly of Humanist Alliance Philippines,

February 19, 2016 I don’t want to start my birthday with loads of negative emotions, so I’m just gonna let these all out. You already probably heard about it. Yes, about Manny Pacquiao’s statement, his usage of words from the Bible to back it up, and the outrage of the LGBTQIA+ community against it. Now,

February 15, 2016 Greetings from NYC, USA! Now that we’ve reached our second year as an organization, it’s a good idea to remember why we do the things we do. Why are we HAPI? Trailblazers First: we are HAPI because we envision ourselves as the trailblazers of secular humanism in the Philippines. This is our

Mr. Olarte works as a  Knowledge Management  Adviser for the United Nations Headquarters  in New York.  HAPI will be having its first General Assembly on 21 February 2016 in Hamersons Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines. The purposes of the GA are to strengthen the strategy of the HAPI organization and the sense of community of members. “We believe

Jennifer C. Gutierrez,  Climate leader, trained under the Climate Reality Leadership Corps in Canada by VP AL Gore The Executive Director’s Report FORESTS OF HOPE and HAPI-ness: When the HAPI TREES Project Unfold The HAPI Trees Nationwide Tree Planting Project is not just an ordinary tree planting activity, not in a sense that unlike those

January 27, 2016 I joined HAPI in honour of the borderlands, “Other” child I used to be; to retroactively tell her that curiousity, wonder, and questions are not sins needing absolution, but rather, they are wings that make me soar above the clouds to get a better view of the human condition. Joining HAPI is

Ruben Tulud, Egyptologist and Poet  January 26, 2016 HAPI is attracting the best of the best. Indeed, water seeks its own level. Mr Tulud has been known to me since 2010, doing some quiet but noble work. I have known him better when we went to Baguio as a team in 2013. He was the

Godless Grace Foundation was just recently founded by  David  Orenstein, Ph.D, to serve the growing needs of the secular society internationally. Our very own HAPI Chairperson,  Marissa Torres Langseth, RN, MSN, ANP, BC, was offered a volunteer position as one of the Board of Trustees of the said charity institution, which she gladly accepted, as