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Lack of psychologists in gov’t hospitals hampers healing of abused children
(First of two parts)
Ella (not her real name) was brought to the child protection unit of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) after a jeepney driver raped her when she was five years old. She was abused inside the jeepney where she and her...
A Tarot of Philippine history (Part 2)
The Tarot de Marseilles, the oldest deck in 15th century Italy, slipped into the Philippines in the 18th century, most likely in gamblers’ hands. It didn’t take long to use it for divination.
True to its ancient babaylan culture, divination in the Philippines is...
Henry Sy Sr. led the professionalization of SM group
Before the death of Henry Sy Sr., the country’s acknowledged retail king, he made sure that the professionalization of the company he built from the ground up will come into fruition.
From the simple beginnings of “Shoe Mart,” Sy populated the country with his...
The Tarot: A world heritage
PART I
In Cartas Philippinensis, the first Philippine Tarot cards by historian and lawyer Saul Hofileña Jr., painted by Guy Custodio, we have a newborn with a long, illustrious world heritage.
Tracing its genealogy has been quite an adventure. Thanks to the Internet filling in...
Class suspension, heroes, and Amari
Our last week’s visit here in Rizal Park helped prevent my incipient frustration with the late class suspension today, because it meant that I would have time to go back to the Trece Mártires de Bagumbayan marker that bears another masonic inscription on...
Why bullying is not child’s play
Bullying is about aggression. Fear in the child victim and the indifference of adult society fuel it. People’s refusal to intervene or report the incidents, thinking they’re only child’s play, makes it an extremely difficult problem to solve.
Domination, too. There has to be...
