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maria on September 27th, 2007
Apart from the usual “I don’t have a problem” excuse for most drug addicts and alcoholics, family members who want to help their loved ones put it off because treatment can be very expensive.
Yes it can, if you want to have the kind of facilities and programs that Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears […]
Posted by: maria on September 27th, 2007
Domestic violence is everyone’s issue. Whether it happens in your home or not. It affects relationships, livelihood and physical safety. And lest we confuse domestic violence only as a by-product of inner city life, or criminally inclined communities or families,
“Approximately one third of the men counseled for battering are professional men who are well respected […]
Posted by: maria on May 2nd, 2007
The Cape is alive again with the summer crowd starting to trickle in. The sundae school has opened up for business, beach houses are being aired out, pizza parlor wafts nicely baked pizza and calzones. And the smell of organic produce and suntan oil evoke such a happy lively scene.
But the Cape has two faces. […]
Posted by: maria on March 1st, 2007
anyone knows what it is? As you can see, I have a campaign to stop domestic violence and at the top of my list is at least reducing and/or educating Filipinas about the “shame” or lack thereof of verbal, physical and emotional abuse even in a close-knit society like ours.
I have been googling and asking […]
Posted by: maria on January 9th, 2007
When your partner:
humiliates or criticizes you in public
frightens you with his looks and/or actions
controls who you become friends with, how you dress, when and where you go, who you can see …
prevents you from seeing your friends or family
holds the purse string and takes over your financial earnings so that you are wholly dependent on […]
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