PAHAYAG SA ARAW NG MGA PAMBANSANG BAYANI | Maria Lourdes Sereno

Alam nating lahat na kailangang kailangan ngayon ng bayani sa Pilipinas. Naririto na tayo sa punto na ang ilan nating mga kabataan ay nagsisimula nang hindi mahiya na sabihing ayaw na nilang maging Pinoy; at kung meron lang oportunidad, tatakas na daw sila sa bayang ito at tatalikuran ang kanilang identity. Kay tagal nating pinaghirapan na ipagmalaki ang sarili natin sa mundo bilang mga Pilipino. First class brains and talent, at world class creativity and personality. Ngunit, totoo nga bang dumating na tayo sa pagkakalugmok sa kawalan ng pag-asa? Maibabalik pa ba natin ang ating tiwala sa sarili? Sukdulan na nga ba nating binigo ang ating mga kabataan?

STATEMENT ON NATIONAL HEROES DAY | Maria Lourdes Sereno

We all know that our country badly needs heroes. We had worked long and arduously to be proud of who we are as a people – first class brains and talent; first world creativity and personality. Yet, we have reached the point at which some of our youth are unashamedly announcing that they no longer want to be Filipino, and, given the chance, would escape this country and turn their backs to that identity. How have we come to this depth of hopelessness? Have we dismally failed the expectations of our young people?

HOW NINOY AQUINO INSPIRED THE FOUNDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION

Listen to what the Founder and President of the International Justice Mission, Gary Haugen, told the international audience about the impact of NINOY AQUINO on Philippine freedom and his (Haugen’s) own life decisions.
Partly as a result of Ninoy’s testimony, the IJM was founded, the leading international mission that has rescued thousands from modern-day slavery and sex trafficking.

ANG ACCOUNTABILITY SA PUBLIC OFFICE IS TO BE DEALT WITH AS THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS DESIGNED; AT KAILANGAN PALAKASIN NG MGA KRISTIYANO ANG ACCOUNTABILITY NG PUBLIC OFFICIALS

When people offer themselves for political positions, they are asking to be evaluated, even as persons. That personal evaluation is necessary to make accountability come alive. Art XI of the Constitution requires specific personal virtues and behavioral attributes of the candidate. You cannot not tell a thief to return the stolen funds without it being addressed to the person of the thief.

ANG KAKULANGAN NG PAGTUTURO NG CHRISTIAN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Ang kakulangan ng pagtuturo ng Christian civic engagement ang dahilan kaya napakahina ng ambag ng mga Kristiyano sa social policies. Sa halip na turuan ng democratic ways of fighting for the Kingdom of God values, the Christian voice was weakened.