A New Financial Team at HAPI
Greetings from New York USA! May I present to you a very HAPI announcement: Please be informed that HAPI has a new financial team starting December 2020, in celebration of our 7th HAPI anniversary, and to start anew for our 8th year. Ms. Maria Juana Valenzuela will be the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), while […]
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HAPI’s Back-to-Back Relief Ops for Typhoons Quinta, Rolly, and Ulysses
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
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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How Too Much Religiosity Can be Dangerous in Times of Calamities
How Too Much Religiosity Can be Dangerous in Times of Calamities by Joshua Villalobos Bacolod City “It is their fault because they didn’t leave.” “They deserve that; They should have evacuated.” These are the common lines of victim-blaming that circulate after a strong typhoon or a serious calamity happens. The concept of leavers […]
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From Fear To Fascination
From Fear To Fascination by Glemir P. Sordilla Bacolod City The concept of fear has since plagued the human mind of its existence. How come something has the ability to make you tremble and make you feel dread? To explain fear is complicated it is the uneasiness or the feeling that something bad is […]