August, 2017
Training-seminars for teachers
August 8, 2017 ·
The Preda Foundation, with the support of the Philippine-American Fund Project, conducted two training-seminars for as many as 120 teachers from schools in Cabangan, Zambales recently. The teachers participated in the workshops and learned about the rights of the child, the legal and moral obligation of duty bearers to protect children in all circumstances. The […]
Read More...Mrs. Helen Niebres-Ferrer reached her glorious thirtieth (30th) year of dedicated employment at the Preda Foundation
August 8, 2017 · By PREDA News
Mrs Helen Nebres reached her glorious thirtieth year (30th Year) of dedicated employment at the Preda Foundation last week and retired on the 30th August 2017. Helen is one of the very first employees at Preda. She served as super cook and house keeper and was loved and respected by all. She was hired by […]
Read More...Jessica Smith educational project implemented by Preda
August 8, 2017 · By PREDA News
Jessica Smith educational project implemented by Preda holds a human values training seminar at the Jessica smith training center. The students are taught how to participate in their own human development ,to become value oriented in their lives,to be self-award and self-confident and speak out strongly for human rights. Education is not just earning a […]
Read More...Trafficked offered for sale and released
August 8, 2017 · By JOSEPH CURTIS FOR MAILONLINE for www.dailymail.co.uk
The mysterious online criminal syndicate behind the kidnapping of a British model has boasted of its ‘huge generosity’ in letting her go ‘because she is a mother’. It emerged this morning how the woman was drugged, handcuffed and loaded into a car boot in Milan before being driven 120 miles to a farmhouse in Turin […]
Read More...Hontiveros to gov’t: Declare ‘national emergency’ over HIV spread in PH
August 7, 2017 · By INQUIRER.net for newsinfo.inquirer.net
Following a recent report of the Philippines having the fastest growing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in the Asia-Pacific region, Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday called on the government to declare a “national emergency” over the spread of the said infection. The Philippines has the highest incidence of the HIV infection in the Asia-Pacific region, […]
Read More...Military accused of killing, torturing Marawi refugees
August 7, 2017 · By Mark Saludes, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Philippine aid workers report string of abuses committed against displaced people At least three people have been killed in a string of alleged human rights violations blamed on the military that also include acts of torture and enforced disappearances committed against people displaced by fighting in the southern Philippine city of Marawi, aid workers say. […]
Read More...Priest in trafficking of minor case posts bail
August 7, 2017 · By Jodee A. Agoncillo, Tina G. Santos for newsinfo.inquirer.netu
Msgr. Arnel Lagarejos, a 55-year-old priest who was arrested while taking a 13-year-old girl to a motel, was released late Tuesday afternoon after posting bail worth P120,000, according to Chief Supt. Romulo Sapitula, Eastern Police District director. Marikina City Prosecutor Ricardo Paet Jr. recommended the bail. Accompanied by his lawyer, Lagarejos came out of the […]
Read More...Church didn’t pay for arrested priest’s bail—archbishop
August 7, 2017 · By Pathricia Ann V. Roxas for newsinfo.inquirer.ne
Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz said the Church did not pay for the bail of a Taytay priest who was arrested for “booking” a 13-year-old girl for sex. “Not even one centavo,” Cruz said in a statement posted on the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) website Wednesday. This is following the release of suspended […]
Read More...DEATH BY FENTANYL
August 7, 2017 · By CRISTINA COSTANTINI, DARREN FOSTER, AND MARIANA VAN ZELLER for interactive.fusion.net
The Naked Truth: A drug you’ve never heard of is killing thousands of Americans a year. If you want to understand how bad the opiate epidemic in America has become, look no further than New Hampshire. Presidential candidates are crisscrossing the Granite State and being inundated with questions about addiction and overdoses. For voters in […]
Read More...Lumad schools tell Duterte: We’re not Reds
August 4, 2017 · By Philippine Daily Inquirer for newsinfo.inquirer.net
DAVAO CITY—If the military bombs Lumad schools to heed one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s rants against communist guerrillas, it would blow up not only structures but also photos of Mr. Duterte. Just like any public school, classrooms in Lumad learning institutions have photos of Philippine presidents, including Mr. Duterte’s. The President had threatened to order […]
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