March, 2017
Norton: Kentucky has nation’s second-highest child abuse rate
March 31, 2017 · By BORIS LADWIG for insiderlouisville.com
Kentucky had nearly 19,000 child abuse cases in 2015, or 19 for every 1,000 children, which is more than double the national average, according to Norton Children’s Hospital. Kentucky’s rate ranked second in the nation in 2015, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report released this year. Indiana’s rate, 17 out […]
Read More...Bangladeshi fruit pickers shot at by Greek farmers win human rights case
March 31, 2017 · By Helena Smith for www.theguardian.com
European court of human rights rules in favour of Bangladeshi migrants over 2013 attack and orders Greece to pay damages The European court of human rights has issued a landmark judgment vindicating a group of migrant strawberry pickers who were shot at by employers for asking for their wages after months of unpaid labour. Ruling […]
Read More...Preda appeals for Foton Pampanga
March 31, 2017 ·
Preda appeals for Foton Pampanga Preda Foundation at Upper Kalaklan, Olongapo City has issued a prayer appeal for all readers to pray and support the needs of Foton Pampanga to solve its supply of spare parts for its customers to repair their vehicles. Sadly, despite all their efforts they have no supply for the […]
Read More...Who Allows Cyber Child Porn in the Philippines?
March 31, 2017 ·
Who Allows Cyber Child Porn in the Philippines? Fr. Shay Cullen 30 March 2017 Thousands of Filipino children and hundreds of thousands worldwide are sexually traumatized and abused by the fast money-making crime of cyber-sex. This is the most obnoxious crime against helpless, vulnerable children. Filipino kids as young as five or six years are […]
Read More...EU on DSWD exec’s tirade: Tackle child porn seriously
March 31, 2017 · By Paterno Esmaquel II for www.rappler.com
MANILA, Philippines – The European Union (EU) on Tuesday, March 28, stressed the need to tackle child pornography seriously after an official of the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) made a controversial statement about this. “The issue of child pornography is extremely serious and a grave crime. It should be addressed in […]
Read More...PH a global ‘source’ for child cybersex industry – police
March 31, 2017 · By Agence France-Presse for www.rappler.com
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has rapidly become a key hub of the billion-dollar global child cybersex industry, with operators aided by widespread poverty and legal loopholes that allow them to remain anonymous, police said Friday, January 17. Paying subscribers anywhere in the world can log in to sites operated from Manila and across the […]
Read More...‘False prophet’: Duterte, the Catholic Church and the fight for the soul of the Philippines
March 30, 2017 · By Emily Rauhala for www.washingtonpost.com
MANILA — A world of sin. A weary savior. Filipinos know the story well. Since coming to power last summer, President Rodrigo Duterte has used biblical language to build a case for mass killings, vowing to sacrifice himself, even his son, to cleanse the nation of crime. Conjuring a world in which evil stalks the […]
Read More...Duterte plays a winning hand with foreign policy, but will his luck run out?
March 30, 2017 · By Asia & Pacific for www.washingtonpost.com
MANILA — Rodrigo Duterte does not need your money. But he will take it. Since his electoral triumph last summer, the man famous for cursing foreign leaders and calling for mass killing seems to be raking in the cash for Manila. A tidy $24 billion in deals with China. Fresh billions from Japan. Not to […]
Read More...Duterte leading Time poll on world’s most influential people
March 29, 2017 · By Argyll Cyrus Geducos for news.mb.com.ph
President Duterte is leading an initial poll for Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people for 2017, Malacañang spokesperson Ernesto Abella disclosed on Monday, March 27. “President Duterte is grateful to the Filipino people all over the world for their support for him and his agenda of real change in Philippine society,” he said in a […]
Read More...LETTER:Violence Against Children
March 29, 2017 ·
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