November, 2017
What Pope Francis did when Lamborghini gave him a supercar as a gift
November 17, 2017 · By Agence France-Presse for news.abs-cbn.com
Lamborghini gave Pope Francis a personalized white supercar on Wednesday, but he put it up for auction to raise money for charity rather than give up his trademark popemobile. The Huracan sports car, which boasts a 610 metric horsepower, was blessed by the pontiff, who bent to scrawl his signature on its gleaming bonnet before […]
Read More...India Rules Sex With a Child Bride Is Always Rape in a Massive Win for Girls’ Rights
November 17, 2017 · By www.globalcitizen.org
It’s a landmark change to India’s marital rape laws. India’s top court has ruled that sex with a child is always rape, quashing a clause that allowed men to have sex with underage girls if they were married to them. The Supreme Court’s landmark decision on Wednesday closed a legal loophole that has historically allowed […]
Read More...When child sex isn’t rape: French to set age of consent
November 17, 2017 · By Associated Press for newsinfo.inquirer.net
PARIS, France — Is a 13-year-old old enough to agree to sex with an adult? That’s a question France is asking as the government prepares to set a legal age for sexual consent for the first time. Twice in recent weeks, French courts have refused to prosecute men for rape after they had sex with […]
Read More...Martin Buber Plaque Award is for the Children
November 17, 2017 ·
Martin Buber Plaque Award is for the Children Fr. Shay Cullen 17 November 2017 There is a massive and positive change in the level of public awareness, knowledge and commitment to challenge, confront and expose the sexual harassment and abuse of children and women in the past decade. In recent months, women have been coming […]
Read More...It’s an insult, Duterte says of Trudeau’s raising rights concern
November 17, 2017 · By Jhoanna Ballaran - Reporter for globalnation.inquirer.net
“It’s a personal and official insult.” This was what President Rodrigo Duterte had to say about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s expressing of concern over the mounting death toll linked to the government’s violent crackdown against illegal drugs. Duterte said he had told Trudeau in their bilateral meeting on Tuesday that he would not explain […]
Read More...DDB chief resigns after comment on mega drug rehab center
November 16, 2017 · By Kristine Joy Patag (philstar.com) for www.philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 3:15 p.m.) — Dangerous Drugs Board chairman Dionisio Santiago has filed his resignation four months after being appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte. Santiago’s resignation comes in the wake of comments that construction of a large-scale drug rehabilitation facility in Nueva Ecija had been a mistake. Santiago, on October 31, said the government’s […]
Read More...Despite brief lull, continuous drug killings observed
November 16, 2017 · By Audrey Morallo (philstar.com) for www.philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines — Drug-related killings are still happening albeit at a lower rate after President Rodrigo Duterte transferred the responsibility of the campaign to the government’s anti-drug agency. Amnesty International observed this trend, after having condemned it as “public relations” move, and said that for as long as suspects in drug killings were free the […]
Read More...Broadcaster killed in ambush in Surigao del Sur
November 16, 2017 · By Mick Basa for www.rappler.com
(UPDATED) The fatal ambush on Christopher Iban Lozada happened after he received death threats, some of which he posted on his Facebook page, says the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines DAVAO CITY, Philippines (UPDATED) – A 29-year-old broadcaster died in Bislig City in Surigao del Sur on Tuesday night, October 24, after unidentified […]
Read More...Preda – Ireland an approved charity saving healing abused children
November 15, 2017 ·
Preda – Ireland an approved charity saving healing abused children in partnership with Peoples Recovery Empowerment Development Assistance(p.r.e.d.a)Foundation Inc. Since 1974 Charity number: CHY 16815 A SOCIAL AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION PROTECTING CHILDREN PRESS RELEASE 17th NOVEMBER 2017 Irish missionary Fr. Shay Cullen to receive Prestigious Martin Buber Plaque Award […]
Read More...Philippines says government militia killed Italian priest
November 15, 2017 · By JIM GOMEZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS for abcnews.go.com
Philippine government militiamen gunned down an Italian Catholic missionary in a 2011 attack which prosecutors say may have been carried out with the knowledge of two army commanders in the country’s south, a justice official said Friday. A Justice Department panel led by Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Peter Ong recommended murder complaints be filed against a dozen […]
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