July, 2014
EIGHT MONTHS AFTER TYPHOON HAIYAN
July 18, 2014 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen In the middle of the rubble and dirt of the aftermath of the most devastating typhoon to hit the Philippines last November 8, 2013, we found children still able to smile, standing as they did with ragged torn T-shirts and dirty faces and legs in the mud. They were covered in […]
Read More...Israel-Gaza conflict: Four boys killed while playing football on beach after Israeli warships open fire
July 17, 2014 ·
Kim Sengupta GAZA Wednesday 16 July 2014 Four young boys – members of the same family – playing football and hide and seek on the beach were killed today by what is believed to have been gunfire from Israeli warships carrying out a blockade of Gaza. The attack on the fishing port in Gaza City […]
Read More...Matthew Burdette: Boy Scout, 14, took his own life after being ‘bullied’ over ‘viral video’
July 17, 2014 ·
by Heather Saul July 16, 2014 Wednesday The parents of a 14-year-old boy who took his own life two weeks after a video of him allegedly performing a sex act was widely shared have filed a $1 million (£584,000) lawsuit against his school district. Matthew Burdette died in November 2013 while on a Thanksgiving […]
Read More...Underage girl discovered in cybersex den raid
July 17, 2014 ·
The Philippine National Police – Criminal Investigation and Detection Group raided a cyber sex den at Barangay La Paz, Ilo-ilo City, during the operation, four girls were caught in the act of having a live show on the internet, including a 16 years old child carrying the alias named “Tata”. After having a tip-off, the police […]
Path to Freedom
July 15, 2014 ·
by: Father Shay Cullen July/August 2014 Far East Magazine (Magazine of the Columban Missionaries) As if the upheaval, death and destruction of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) was not enough suffering for up to a million survivors, we are trying to protect the children and orphans among them from exploiters and traffickers. For example, Reggie, 17, is […]
Read More...Group slams bail for Italian envoy
July 15, 2014 ·
ANTI TRAFFICKING PROTESTERS CALL ON JUDGE IN CHILD ABUSE CASE TO QUIT by: Maricar Cinco, Inquirer Southern Luzon BIÑAN CITY—Members of an antihuman trafficking group on Friday stormed the regional trial court in this city to assail the court’s ruling that allowed the temporary release of Italian diplomat Daniele Bosio, who was arrested and detained […]
Read More...2 cyberporn den using Pinoy Kids raided by NBI
July 15, 2014 ·
by: Nancy Carvajal July 13, 2014 MANILA, Philippines—Two apartments in two Cavite subdivisions suspected to be the “production” site of the live streaming through the Internet of very young children being sexually abused were raided late Friday by agents from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Ronald Aguto, the head of the NBI’s cybercrime division, […]
Read More...Is independence just a ghost?
July 15, 2014 ·
Just before Independence Day was celebrated on June 12, a group of newly enrolled children from a shelter excitedly set out on their first day to walk to school at Gala, Sacatihan, Pamatawan, Subic town, Zambales. The road up the hill would give them an easy walk to freedom through education—the great liberator. But then, […]
Read More...Ana and her psycho-social transformation
July 15, 2014 ·
by Rhoda Estinopo July 14, 2014 – Monday Ana was brought in PREDA on April 28, 2011. She was rescued by Human Rights Team of PREDA Foundation together with Social Workers from Municipal Social Welfare Office in Abucay Bataan. Allegedly, the child had an experience of incest perpetrated by the live-in partner of her […]
Read More...GAA figure jailed for abusing two sisters
July 15, 2014 ·
Saturday, July 12, 2014 By: Gordon Deegan A judge yesterday sentenced a well-known GAA figure to two years in jail for the sexual abuse of two sisters over a five-year period. At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Gerald Keyes said the 59-year-old man had committed “a serious breach of trust” by sexually abusing two girls who […]
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