November, 2012
What an Obama Win Means
November 15, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
What an Obama Win Means by Fr. Shay Cullen email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) It may be difficult to determine how many Filipino-Americans voted for Obama in the recently concluded elections. One thing is sure, if they have any relatives […]
Read More...US Navy investigates Subic waste dumping
November 13, 2012 · , Robert Gonzaga, Inquirer Central Luzon
The United States Navy has opened an investigation into allegations that its contractor for cleaning its ships docked here has been dumping hazardous waste on Subic Bay. In an e-mailed statement on Saturday, Cynthia Cook, deputy press attaché of the US Embassy in Manila, said the US Navy had “initiated its own inquiry into allegations […]
Read More...Fight against terrorism, crime can't be criminal, immoral, pope says
November 12, 2012 · , Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service, VATICAN CITY (CNS).
VATICAN CITY — While condemning terrorism and organized crime as brutal and barbaric forms of violence, Pope Benedict XVI also criticized efforts to fight crime in ways that go against moral norms and the rule of law. “Action against crime should always be carried out with respect for the rights of each person and […]
Read More...New archbishop of Canterbury shaped by Catholics, favors women bishops
November 12, 2012 · , Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service
MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — The newly appointed leader of the world’s Anglicans is a former oil executive who said his spiritual director was a Catholic monk. Bishop Justin Welby of Durham, who will become the new archbishop of Canterbury, did not name the monk, but told a Nov. 9 news conference at London’s Lambeth […]
Read More...Global hunt for Haswell
November 9, 2012 · , DR SARA PAYNE and SHY KEENAN
HAVE you seen this man? Southampton-born Mark Haswell is wanted by police in the Philippines in connection with the alleged rape of a 15-year-old British/Filipino girl there. A warrant for the arrest of 44-year-old Haswell was issued by a court in Pasay City, Philippines, in 2009 but the businessman, who was formerly prominent in the […]
Read More...Ateneo-Davao to hold mining gab anew
November 9, 2012 · , Arianne Caryl N. Casashttp://www.sunstar.com.ph
Friday, November 9, 2012 THE Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) will conduct anew a conference on mining in Mindanao that will give focus on small-scale mining on the island. The conference will take place on November 15-16 at Finster Auditorium of AdDU. With the theme “Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Mindanao: Issues, Opportunities and Future […]
Read More...US toxic waste dumped in Subic
November 9, 2012 · , http://globalnation.inquirer.net
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is investigating a US Navy contractor for allegedly dumping hazardous wastes on Subic Bay last month. SBMA records showed that wastes dumped by the tanker MT Glenn Guardian were collected from American ships that joined the recently concluded joint military exercises in the country. The tanker is […]
Read More...We can all do justice as responsible consumers
November 8, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
We can all do justice as responsible consumers by Fr. Shay Cullen email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) Panfilo 57, is a carpenter, vegetable and mango farmer from Moriki, Kapalong, Davao Del Norte. In1986 he planted fifty one mango trees and […]
Read More...Will there be a child abuse 'super inquiry'? Ministers warned that allegations are the 'tip of the iceberg'
November 7, 2012 · By James Chapman and Tim Shipman
Home Secretary Theresa May announced National Crime Agency investigation into abuse in North Wales children’s home in the 1970s and 80s She also suggested the Government may launch a wider inquiry into claims senior Tories were involved Ex-resident at Bryn Estyn children’s home claims Thatcher aide abused boys A single wide-ranging judicial inquiry into ‘absolutely […]
Read More...Priest blames mining company for family killing – Thirteen soldiers to face court martial over shootings
November 7, 2012 · , Keith Bacongco, Kidapawan City, Philippines, November 5, 2012
Officials of Sagittarius Mines should be held liable for the military’s killing of a tribal family late last month, says an Italian missionary who has been working in Mindanao for four decades. “SMI became the reason why the military intervened, why people are divided, why many people are afraid of losing water and land itself,” […]
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