A PRAYER FOR ELLAH JOY PIQUE's JUSTICE

Dear Lord,

I pray that you would take the soul of little Ellah Joy Pique into your arms... comfort her and welcome her into your eternal kingdom. 

 
I pray that you give comfort and strength to her family and friends, and help them bear this tragic loss of an innocent beloved little angel. I pray for Ella Joy Pique's justice... that it be achieved soonest. I pray for her murderers be punished by what the government and the Filipino nation believes is apt.  

  
I pray for all the children that have been murdered and I pray for their families as well. I pray for all the parents of the young children that they may be given the wisdom to take appropriate steps to protect their children from those that might do them harm.


Lord, help me let go of the hatred I feel right now. Please give me the strength to not hate the Caucasian man and the Filipina woman who committed this terrible crime knowing that... difficult as it may be to understand, you still love him and that Jesus has commanded me to love them too. Lord, this is the hardest commandment that we have but we know that we can only even attempt it with your help. I pray that this man and woman and all those who have committed such crimes should come to repentance and receive your forgiveness. I pray that those who may be tempted to commit such crimes should realize how wrong their urges are and should seek help from others and most importantly, from you.


I pray, in Jesus name.
Amen.


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THE SEARCH FOR ELLAH JOY PIQUE'S KILLERS

An abhorrent crime was committed in Cebu City, Philippines to an innocent six years old Filipina girl, Ellah Joy Pique last Tuesday, February 8, 2011 and my heart bleeds for her as it takes so long for this country to give justice to victims. 

Ellah Joy was about to go home at around 4pm of February 8, following 10 year old twins after school when a black SUV (Pajero with plate number 679) stopped in front of them. One of the twins saw the car's door opened with a Caucasian man on the driver's seat on board and a Filipina woman beside him on who latter asked Ellah her mother's name and offered to drive her home. Ellah boarded the car, sat on the woman's lap, smiled and waved at her friends goodbye. That was the last time her friends saw Ellah alive.

At 7:55am Thursday, February 10, Ellah's poor naked and lifeless body was found at the foot of a cliff along the national road in Baranggay Sayaw, Barili more than 40 kilometers away from home. She was wrapped in two cream-colored bedsheets and blankets with three rocks and gray cable wires snaked around her small frame.


Ellah Joy was the youngest child and only daughter of the Pique family.

The 1st grader's belongings were discovered in a baranggay next to Sayaw at around 9am that day. These included a pink checkered skirt, pink shorts, a sleeveless white blouse, her violet slippers, a lunch box and her school bag filled with notebooks. Two Fifty Pesos bills were also found which surprised Ellah's father who claimed he did not give her money nor a single peso since Ellah goes home to eat her lunch. The said money was used to trick or lure the Ellah to go with them.

Now, what kind of an animal could look into the eyes of an innocent child, purposefully hurt her, kill her and toss her lifeless body away like garbage?   Who are these sick people who prey on our children... our national treasures?  

Hereunder is a cartographic sketch of the Caucasian man and his Filipina companion released by the Cebu City crime investigators...

Ellah's autopsy findings showed that her hymen is intact but she had contusions and bruises on her arms and mouth. The medico legal officer Dr. Nestor Sator reported that Ellah Joy Pique's lower lip was also lacerated, a fracture on her skull and a wound on her back all indicating that the victim was struck by a hard object. The impact was said to have caused her brain to bleed.


As we pray for Ellah Joy's peace, please help find her killers... let's help her bring justice to the crime committed against her innocent life who was obviously meant to be sexually abused or for child trafficking purposes but that she put up a fight for her own life. 

As for our other children... our national treasures... please help protect them from child predators! Be supportive of THE CHILD-WISE TOURISM! Please read that blog and know what to do when you sense that something bad is bound to happen to children.

May our Filipino children be further spared from child killers and child predators.  


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GETTING READY FOR THE SINULOG GRAND PARADE (CEBU CITY)

Scrambling for the almost fully-booked airline reservations and hotel accommodations for Cebu City on January 16, 2011 must be done now. I've done this a few minutes ago for a friend although I, on the other hand is confirmed to be going with friends chartering a private helicopter with Airgurus Ltd. Co... just to make sure I don't miss out feeling the beat and the rhythm of the grandest, most distinguished and most colorful festivals in the Philippines... Sinulog Festival!


This major festival is held each year in Cebu City to honor the Santo Niño or the child Jesus who used to be the patron saint of the whole province of Cebu (since in the Catholic faith, Jesus is not a saint but God). It is fundamentally a dance ritual remembering the Filipino pagan past and their recognition of Christianity.

 
The festival features some of the country's most colorful displays of ceremony and pageantry... participants are clothed in bright-colored costumes dancing to the rhythm of drums and native gongs. The streets are generally lined with vendors and pedestrians (foreign and local tourists) all wanting to witness the street dancing!

The celebration traditionally lasts for nine days, ending on the ninth day when the Sinulog Grand Parade reveals. The day before the parade, the Fluvial Procession, a water-parade, held at dawn from the Mandaue City wharf to Cebu City wharf with the Santo Niño carried on a pump boat decorated with hundreds of flowers and candles. The procession ends at the Basilica where a re-enactment of the Christianizing of Cebu follows. In the afternoon, a more formal procession takes place along the major streets of the city, which last for hours due to large crowd participating in the religious event. On the feast day, at the Basilica, a Pontifical Mass is held, given by the Cardinal with the assistance of several bishops of Cebu. The majority of the city’s population and devotees would flock to the Basilica to attend the mass before heading out to the streets to watch the Parade. 

Here's the schedule of the January 16, 2011 (Sunday)  SINULOG GRAND PARADE
4:00 AM    Mañanita Mass @Basilica del Sto. Niño
6:00 AM    Pontifical mass with His Eminence Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal
9:00 AM    Sinulog Grand Parade Carousel Kick Off
7:00 PM    Grand Fireworks, Cebu City Sports Center
7:30 PM    Street Party Bands, Fuente Osmeña 

I am so looking forward to see Cebu City in a different light... I can already imagine hovering the magnificent city  in the South of the Philippines and arriving in style. 

 

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