By Alvin John Ballares, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Who’s excited for this year to end? Understandably everyone. What a year it has been- many think it’s best forgotten as it was a year riddled with natural calamities, financial struggles, and of course this vicious virus that affected us all, the COVID-19 pandemic. So I had to […]
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HAPI’s Official Statement on Police Brutality in Tarlac On December 20, a video surfaced on Facebook that of Police Senior Master Sergeant Jonel Nuezca who shot and killed 25-year old Frank Gregorio and his 52-year old mother Sonya Gregorio in broad daylight after a heated argument with regards to the use of a ‘boga’
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In order to provide a workspace that is more conducive to productivity, HAPI’s Headquarters is now located at 078 Looban St., Pinagbakahan, City of Malolos, Bulacan. During our kick-off event last December 18, we held a course and sponsored everyone’s lunch afterwards. For the kids, we also gave out milk and cookies – baked with
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The second HAPI Jr. – Health is Wealth event took place in Sta. Cruz, Manila and Caloocan City on December 13, 2020. As with the first part of the initiative, the children were provided with masks, milk, crackers and holiday tokens. Since the children all belong to different barangays in those cities, it required additional
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The HAPI KIDS – ALABANG YEAR END PARTY took place on December 12, 2020 and was spearheaded by HAPI Jr. Ambassador, Angie Driskell, and HAPI CFO, Maria Juana Valenzuela, in an effort to end a tumultuous year on a high note. The children were given a short talk on proper hygiene and given reminders on
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Sherwin Dane Haro Dec. 8, 2020 San Jose, Antique, Philippines Audio narration by Sherwin Haro. It was right after the end of hosting HAPI Scholars’ E-Numan: Secular Parenting and Coming Out virtual talk last Dec. 5 that I noticed something peculiar. Unbeknownst to viewers and Zoom guests, the broadcast team — which included the man
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By: Maria Juana Valenzuela “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” – John Bunyan Once Mother Nature gets angry, no amount of preparation can stop her from taking out her frustrations on humans. We were deeply heartbroken when we saw the aftermath of super typhoons that hit our
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Why You Should Support Senate Bill No. 1373 by Joshua Villalobos Bacolod City Why You Should Support Senate Bill No. 1373 On Sunday, TV news magazine program Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho featured a 13-year old girl married to a 48-year old grown-up man in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. To paint it visually, the “marriage” is between
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Six months into the reign of COVID-19, the Humanist Alliance Philippines, International (HAPI) continues to go from strength to strength, finding ways to empower Filipinos through secular humanism despite the still(!) increasing threat of the pandemic. You don’t see us giving up though, as this quarterly highlight reel will demonstrate in a bit. But before
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The Passionate Life by Rado Gatchalian Your temporal existence necessitates your obligation to enjoy the life given to you. By Nature. Now. To waste it on a meaningless existence is a failure on your part to be grateful for this gift of life. But what is a meaningless existence? To find the answer to
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