August, 2017
Philippine cops gun down 14 people including mayor denounced by Duterte, arrest daughter in drug raid
August 4, 2017 · By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS for www.nydailynews.com
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines – Philippine police said they fatally shot 14 people Sunday, including a city mayor who was among the politicians President Rodrigo Duterte publicly linked to illegal drugs, in the bloodiest assault so far under Duterte’s anti-drug crackdown. Officers were to serve warrants to Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. of Ozamiz city to search his […]
Read More...Ombudsman pushes back against Duterte
August 4, 2017 · By Vince F. Nonato - Reporter for newsinfo.inquirer.net
“Anong pakialam niya?” (That’s none of his business.) Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales had these words on Friday for President Duterte, who warned her office that policemen should be summoned for investigation only with his permission. Morales, in a rare talk with reporters, said her office was legally empowered to direct law enforcers to cooperate with […]
Read More...Clerical Abuse of Children, a Case to Answer
August 4, 2017 ·
Clerical Abuse of Children, a Case to Answer Fr. Shay Cullen 3 August 2017 The recent arrest of a Catholic clergy, a monsignor and parish priest, accused for allegedly trafficking a 13-year old minor arrested in his vehicle with the child on the way to a motel in Marikina is highly unusual. He went under procedures […]
Read More...De Lima slams Duterte over threat to abolish CHR
August 3, 2017 · By Pathricia Ann V. Roxas - @inquirerdotnet for newsinfo.inquirer.net
Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday said she was appalled but not surprised by President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to abolish the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) following over what he deemed as its interference with the government’s drug war and the declaration of martial law in Mindanao. “I no longer find it surprising given that […]
Read More...At least 60 UK drug deaths in past eight months linked to fentanyl
August 3, 2017 · By Frances Perraudin and Haroon Siddique for www.theguardian.com
National Crime Agency repeats warning to be vigilant after synthetic opioid found in toxicology tests of 60 who died At least 60 drugs deaths in the UK in the past eight months have been linked to fentanyl, an opioid that is being mixed with street heroin to make it more potent. Releasing the figures, the […]
Read More...Former Tribal Leader’s Wife Admits Not Reporting Child Abuse
August 3, 2017 · By www.usnews.com
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The wife of a former Standing Rock Sioux tribal leader convicted of sexually abusing a girl has agreed to plead guilty to failing to report the abuse. The Bismarck Tribune reports that Rhonda Krein Fool Bear signed a plea deal with federal prosecutors Wednesday in which she admitted not alerting law […]
Read More...‘Frustrated’ or not, Duterte must be careful with words—CHR
August 3, 2017 · By Pathricia Ann V. Roxas for newsinfo.inquirer.net
Faced with a threat of abolition, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Saturday said President Rodrigo Duterte should be mindful of his words and maintained that it would continue to be a watchdog against human rights abuses. This was after Duterte, in a post-State of the Nation Address (Sona) press conference on Monday, threatened […]
Read More...Sick rise of child sex dolls being sold online is letting cops catch previously unknown paedos lurking in Britain
August 2, 2017 · By Emma Lake for www.thesun.co.uk
Grotesque sex aids are being flogged for £1,000 and smuggled into the country for sick paedos to carry out their vile fantasies. Perverts have been importing dolls to the UK prompting calls for new laws The dolls have childlike features and outfits and often come with accessories Border forces have seized 123 dolls since March […]
Read More...Militant leader: Duterte may pay for crimes if Lumad schools destroyed
August 2, 2017 · By Pathricia Ann V. Roxas - @inquirerdotnet for newsinfo.inquirer.net
“Yes, he will go down for those crimes.” This was what Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) Secretary General Renato Reyes had to say on Saturday to President Rodrigo Duterte who threatened to bomb Lumad schools he accused of propagating subversive ideas. “If Duterte makes true his threat to bomb the Lumad and their schools, he will […]
Read More...Archbishop heads probe of priest caught with minor
August 1, 2017 · By Tina G. Santos - Reporter for newsinfo.inquirer.net
Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz has started investigating the case of Taytay priest Msgr. Arnel Lagarejos who was arrested while bringing a 13-year-old girl to a motel in Marikina City on July 28. Cruz told reporters that Antipolo Bishop Francisco de Leon had assigned him to look into the “pedophile case.” “This case is considered the […]
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