Text and photos by OFELIA EMPIAN LA TRINIDAD, Benguet—She whirls around the room with her apron on. She wipes the table clean,then stacks the yellow plastic plates, and forks and spoons in the basket. Her teacher beams and praises her student: “Very good!” Celina Sakiwat smiles, sits and waits for her sister to fetch her
[metaslider id=31393] By VERA Files EARLY morning Sunday, the Bangcailans, a family of five, rushed to reach the Freedom Park in Davao City to join for the first time this year’s Happy Walk. They did it for Shawnn Noel, their two-year-old son with Down Syndrome. A yearly event to highlight the National Down Syndrome Consciousness Month
By PATRICIA AURORA M. CRUZ FOURTEEN years ago, Nick and Luz Ellis welcomed their third child into the world, a bouncing baby girl they named Luiza. What should have been an occasion for pure celebration was shadowed by a secret that the couple at first decided to keep even from Mrs. Ellis’ parents: Their daughter had
