January, 2014
The Philippine anti-Child Pornography law RA 9775
January 31, 2014 ·
Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Fourteenth Congress Third Regular Session Republic Act No. 9775 AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: Section 1. Short Title. – […]
Read More...Filipinos among top mobile porn viewers, Pornhub survey shows
January 31, 2014 ·
January 22, 2014 9:31pm More and more Filipinos are accessing pornographic content on mobile devices, with most of them doing so late at night. This was the finding of porn site Pornhub.com, which said Filipinos ranked a “solid” 15th for visitors using mobile devices in 2013. “In 2013, the Philippines ranked 26th in worldwide traffic […]
Read More...NBI arrests 11 in Manila over online child porn
January 30, 2014 ·
January 29, 2014 8:31 pm Authorities said Wednesday they had detained 11 people in raids on two fake call center businesses that sold child pornography online to global clients. The raids came after police said this month the Philippines had become a major source of pornographic content in the fast-growing child cybersex industry, and vowed […]
Read More...Pastoral Exhortation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines
January 30, 2014 ·
The Joy of the Gospel and the Church of the Poor As the new Year of the Laity unfolds, we recall Pope Francis’ compelling invitation to the joy of the Gospel and the joy of Evangelization1. We are invited to turn away from our sadness, our discouragement, and our despair at the manner in which […]
Read More...Pope Francis wants to visit ‘Yolanda’ victims
January 30, 2014 ·
MANILA, Jan. 28, 2014— Pope Francis has expressed his intention to visit the typhoon-ravaged areas in Leyte, a Vatican official said. Cardinal Robert Sarah, President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, said the possible visit is for the pope to show consolation and spiritual closeness to the victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda. The church official […]
Read More...Pastoral letter urges fight against 'social scandal'
January 30, 2014 ·
Joe Torres, Manila · Philippines · January 28, 2014 Philippine bishops called on the country’s Catholics to fight the “economy of exclusion” and not to only blame the government for the endemic poverty that plagues the country. “We need to understand our role in it, our personal responsibility for it in our individual lives and shared cultures,” […]
Read More...Galway Camogie Supporting PREDA's Run for Freedom
January 30, 2014 ·
Left to Right: Martin Hughes, Hughes Supervalu, Sponsor, Mickey Grealish, Galway Camogie management, Philip Cribbin, PREDA Galway Chairperson, Aisling Cribbin, Declan Walsh, Galway Camogie management, Eva Concannon and Susan Earner Galway All Ireland winning Camogie players supporting PREDA’s 5k”Run for Freedom” on March the 1st at Ballybrit Racecourse.
Read More...THE SURVIVAL OF ORPHAN ERICA.
January 29, 2014 ·
Tacloban,Leyte. I arrived here with the Preda team of social workers to prepare the way for a series of training seminars to combat the human trafficking and give the many survivors in the squalid evacuation camps group therapy to cope better with the tragedy and great loss they have suffered because of typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). […]
Read More...Philomena Lee's tragic tale
January 29, 2014 ·
Philomena Lee, the subject of an Oscar-nominated film, launches project to help find children who were forcibly adopted DAVID MCKITTRICK Friday 24 January 2014 Philomena Lee, a slight, soft-spoken Irishwoman in her 80s who walks with the aid of a stick, returned to Dublin today to spearhead the latest in a long series of campaigns […]
Read More...THE SURVIVAL OF ORPHAN ERICA
January 28, 2014 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen Tacloban,Leyte. I arrived here with the Preda team of social workers to prepare the way for a series of training seminars to combat the human trafficking and give group therapy to the many survivors in the squalid evacuation camps to cope better with the tragedy and great loss they have suffered […]
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