October, 2017
European Parliament told: Don’t interfere in Philippines
October 12, 2017 · By Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star) for www.philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government has appealed to the European Parliament to reconsider its threat to remove zero tariffs on trade if the Duterte administration fails to address serious concerns about extrajudicial killings in the country. Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella made the appeal as he called on the body to “allow the country to […]
Read More...PH can be kicked out of UN council if killings continue – HRW
October 12, 2017 · By Jodesz Gavilan for www.rappler.com
Human Rights Watch Geneva director John Fisher says the Philippine delegation ‘dug themselves deeper into the hole’ with their response to the recommendations by member-states in the United Nations Human Rights Council MANILA, Philippines – Human Rights Watch (HRW) reminded the Philippine government that as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, it […]
Read More...The Interview with Fr.Shay on travel ban of convicted pedophiles.
October 11, 2017 ·
The Interview with Fr.Shay on travel ban of convicted pedophiles. Preda News October 9, 2017 The recent nomination of Father Shay Cullen and the Preda human rights advocates for the Nobel Peace Prize and the Preda on-going campaign to have a new law in Ireland. and eventually in the EU. to ban convicted child sex […]
Read More...Rise in reported child-on-child sex offences
October 11, 2017 ·
Figures collected by the BBC’s Panorama show a large increase in the number of reported sexual offences by under-18s on other under-18s in England and Wales. They rose by 71% from 4,603 in 2013-14 to 7, 866 in 2016-17. The figures came from a Freedom of Information request, to which 38 out of 43 forces […]
Read More...‘Honeymoon’ over, opposition says after drop in Duterte ratings
October 11, 2017 · By Patty Pasion for www.rappler.com
Critics say Filipinos are now seeing the truth behind President Rodrigo Duterte’s ’empty’ promise of change MANILA, Philippines – Opposition group Tindig Pilipinas said the steep drop in President Rodrigo Duterte’s satisfaction and trust ratings is an expected development that means his “honeymoon” with Filipinos is over. Duterte’s net satisfaction rating declined by 18 points […]
Read More...Pope quietly trims sanctions for sex abusers seeking mercy
October 10, 2017 · By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press for www.usatoday.com
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has quietly reduced sanctions against a handful of pedophile priests, applying his vision of a merciful church even to its worst offenders in ways that survivors of abuse and the pope’s own advisers question. One case has come back to haunt him: An Italian priest who received the pope’s clemency […]
Read More...Priest calls for travel ban on pedophiles
October 10, 2017 · By www.sbs.com.au
A four-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee has called on developed countries to ban pedophiles and suspected sex offenders from foreign travel in the same way as suspected terrorists. Father Shay Cullen, an Irish missionary who has been rescuing street children in the Philippines since 1974, said hundreds of thousands of sex tourists travel to the […]
Read More...Ireland to be first in Europe to cancel passports of paedophiles
October 10, 2017 · By Nick Bramhill for www.irishexaminer.com
Ireland is on course to become the first country in Europe to cancel the passports of convicted paedophiles in a bid to prevent them travelling overseas to offend again. Earlier this year Australia became the first country in the world to introduce strict legislation to clamp down on sex offenders leaving or attempting to go […]
Read More...Achieving peace in Mindanao key to PH economic growth – World Bank
October 9, 2017 · By Chrisee Dela Paz for www.rappler.com
The World Bank says long-standing armed conflict in Mindanao makes it challenging to unlock the growth potential of the region, which is a major source of agricultural products MANILA, Philippines – Achieving peace and development in Mindanao is key to the Philippines’ inclusive growth and poverty reduction, said the World Bank. The Washington-based agency on […]
Read More...Envoy insists on right of China to fish around Pag-asa
October 9, 2017 · By Carmela Fonbuena for www.rappler.com
Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua invokes commitment to the Declaration of Conduct, an agreement China has repeatedly violated in the past MANILA, Philippines – Chinese ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua insisted on the rights of the Chinese to fish near Pag-asa (Thitu) amid protests against their presence around sandbars near the Philippine-occupied island in the […]
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