March, 2012
Network of Civil Society Organizations bare 6-point policy considerations for PNoy’s Executive Order on Mining
March 6, 2012 · , Philippine Misereor Partnership Press Release
“Promulgate a new mining policy now”. This was the call made by the Philippine Misereor Partnership at the close of its 3 day General Assembly…
Read More...Leaked presidential document on mining puts industry in tizz
March 4, 2012 · , Sunday Examiner
HONG KONG (mabuhay) : Claims that a leaked document form the office of the president of the Philippines, Noynoy Aquino, entitle, institutionalizing and Implementing Reforms in the Philippine Mining Sector, Providing Policies and Guidelines and for Other Purposes, the threatens to clean up the roughshod practices of the industry, have put various interest groups in […]
Read More...Mining pulling the wool over eyes of public
March 4, 2012 ·
HONG KONG (mabuhay) : An advertising campaign launched by the Chamber of Mines and the Chamber of Commerce and industry in response to a leaked document from the office of the president of The Philippines, Noynoy Aquino, threatening to clean up the industry, has prompted a detailed a detailed response from Mining Watch Canada, indigenous […]
Read More...Special SBS report: Child sex tourism in the Philippines
March 3, 2012 · By Katrina Yu, diversitydiaries.com
The opening of the Clark airbase and Subic Bay naval base just three hours north of the capital Manila created the designated ‘sex hubs’ of Angeles and Olongapo City that exist today.
Read More...Poverty strangles city children – UN report
March 2, 2012 · By NEIL A. ALCOBER CORRESPONDENT
HUNDREDS of millions of children in cities across the world are growing up in poverty and enduring deprivation, according to a report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released on Tuesday. The report said that many children living in urban areas go through, which are in many cases concealed by statistical averages in which […]
Read More...Clerical Abuse of Children Must Be Rooted Out
March 1, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The conference recently held at the Vatican’s Gregorian University brought together cardinals, bishops, priests from over 100 countries and the heads of thirty-three religious orders to tackle the sexual abuse of children by catholic priests.
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