As a mother, one of the hardest things to hear in the news is that children were involved in another act of violence. When I learned about the shooting incident in Tacloban involving a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old, my first reaction was not to ask who was right or wrong. My first thought was, "What if that was my child?" Every morning, we send our children to school believing it is one of the safest places they can be. We remind them to study hard, be kind, and come home saf

Before Rene Clert "Bobet" Bartebonia became a promising athlete, a Palarong Pambansa Most Valuable Player, or a young man on the verge of realizing his dreams, he was simply a Filipino boy with a dream. His story is familiar because it is the story of many Filipinos. It is the story of a probinsyano raised far from privilege. The story of a son who hoped that talent, hard work, and perseverance could change the course of his life. The story of a young person who dared to beli