December, 2013
World Fairtrade Day
December 7, 2013 ·
‘Animal products, inactivity weaken immune system’–experts
December 7, 2013 ·
By Tessa R. Salazar Philippine Daily Inquirer 10:26 pm | Friday, December 6th, 2013 Animal food, unnecessary calories, saturated fats and sodium intake weaken the body’s immune system. The deficiency in the intake of whole grains, fruits, nuts, legumes, seeds and vegetables leads to degenerative diseases. This was part of the message […]
Read More...DOJ: Human traffickers target calamity victims
December 4, 2013 ·
By Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News MANILA – Government is bent on preventing survivors of super typhoon “Yolanda” from being lured into being illegally recruited or trafficked for “exploitative purposes.” In a statement, Justice Secretary and Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) chairperson Leila De Lima said that “this is part of the overarching campaign of […]
Read More...Pinay sentenced in Arizona child abuse case
December 4, 2013 ·
By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/12/03/13/pinay-sentenced-arizona-child-abuse-case PHOENIX, AZ – Alma Holland, a 56-year-old Filipina was recently sentenced to ten years of supervised probation, after being accused in the abuse of foster children she and her husband cared for. Maricopa County prosecutors said Alma was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of […]
Read More...THE DANGER OF GMO FOODS
December 3, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen The pictures of the hungry children holding up placards with the single word “Food” and another that cried out “Help”, these among many others were heart-wrenching cries of hundreds of thousands of poor people whose lives, homes, and families were wrecked by the devastating, all powerful storm to hit the Philippines […]
Read More...Hope at last for Yemen's child brides
December 3, 2013 ·
country’s leaders finally act to stop forced marriages of girls as young as NINE • The Yemeni minister for Legal Affairs is to put forward a bill to ban it • Since 2008, cases of brides as young as nine have come to light • Campaigners have offered a cautious welcome to the reports • […]
Read More...Bashar al-Assad implicated in Syria war crimes, says UN
December 3, 2013 ·
UN inquiry finds ‘massive evidence’ that president is responsible for crimes against humanity as conflict’s death toll hits 126,000 Ian Black, Middle East editor the guardian.com, Monday 2 December 2013 18.12 GM A UN inquiry has found “massive evidence” that the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, is implicated in war crimes as the latest reported […]
Read More...348 arrested in global child porn investigation
December 3, 2013 ·
November 15, 2013 Megan Levy Breaking news reporter Hundreds around the world are arrested for involvement with a child pornography website that was allegedly run by a Canadian Brian Way. Six Australian children were either filmed or photographed as part of a global child pornography ring allegedly operating out of Canada. Australian Federal Police said […]
Read More...Syria conflict: Children 'targeted by snipers'
December 3, 2013 ·
Teenage boys most at risk in what Lyse Doucet says is a ‘war on childhood’ More than 11,000 children have died in Syria’s civil war in nearly three years, including hundreds targeted by snipers, a new report says. Summary executions and torture have also been used against children as young as one, the London-based Oxford […]
Read More...UN implicates Bashar al-Assad in Syria war crimes
December 3, 2013 ·
Navi Pillay is the first UN figure to directly implicate Mr Assad in alleged war crimes The UN’s human rights chief has said an inquiry has produced evidence that war crimes were authorised in Syria at the “highest level”, including by President Bashar al-Assad. It is the first time the UN’s human rights office has […]
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