December, 2017
The killings continue
December 12, 2017 · By Philippine Daily Inquirer for opinion.inquirer.net
In the short period that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency took over the antidrug war, the high body count that had characterized the campaign appeared to significantly decrease. According to the agency’s own tally, starting from Oct. 11 when President Duterte ordered all drug operations transferred from the Philippine National Police to the PDEA, the […]
Read More...A Child Finds Justice When her Abuser gets Life in Prison
December 11, 2017 ·
A Child Finds Justice When her Abuser gets Life in Prison Francisco B. Bermido, Jr. There is the growing knowledge that child sexual abuse is a serious crime especially by children themselves. When eight-year old Jessica was on her way to school in Bacong, Bataan, her neighbor Reynaldo Quiambao accosted her and asked her to […]
Read More...Paedophile arrest in Philippines reveals rising cases of child abuse streamed online
December 11, 2017 · By www.hindustantimes.com
Deakin’s arrest April 20 reveals one of the darkest corners of the internet, where paedophiles in the US, Europe and elsewhere pay facilitators in the Philippines to sexually abuse children, even babies, directing their moves through online livestreaming services. The suspected paedophile could see people banging on his front door. But were they neighbours? Cops? […]
Read More...Police: California man admits to molesting 50 children
December 11, 2017 · By www.bbc.com
A California man has confessed to allegedly molesting 50 children over the past several years, police say. Joseph Boston, 18, was brought to the Riverside police station by his mum after he allegedly told her sexually assaulted two boys in a motel room. He confessed to the motel assaults and admitted to allegedly abusing “an […]
Read More...Indonesian maid in Hong Kong charged with child pornography
December 11, 2017 · By www.bbc.com
An Indonesian domestic worker in Hong Kong has been charged with publishing child pornography after streaming a video of her employer’s children naked. The 17-minute clip showed a girl and two boys thought to be between about five and seven years old in the shower. The 28-year old woman shared the video as a Facebook […]
Read More...DR Congo: UN peacekeepers killed in attack in North Kivu
December 11, 2017 · By www.bbc.com
At least 14 UN peacekeepers have been killed and 53 wounded in an attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN’s Monusco mission said the peacekeepers were attacked by suspected rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in North Kivu province. Five Congolese soldiers also died. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said […]
Read More...Denying child abuse victims compensation if they become criminals unfair, perpetrator says
December 8, 2017 · By Ruby Jones for www.abc.net.au
Ian lives in Adelaide with his wife of 14 years and his disabled son. Twenty years ago, he went to jail for rape. It wasn’t his only offence, though it was his most serious. He describes himself at that time in his life as a “nasty drunk” who would take out his anger on people […]
Read More...Nearly 200 people held in UK-wide online child abuse operation
December 8, 2017 · By Jamie Grierson for www.theguardian.com
National Crime Agency says 245 children were saved from harm in October sting as it warns of danger of live streaming Nearly 200 suspected paedophiles were arrested in one week, investigators have said, as they warned of a rise in the use of live streaming to sexually abuse children. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said […]
Read More...Speaking Out Against Abuse
December 8, 2017 ·
Speaking Out Against Abuse Fr. Shay Cullen 7 December 2017 The front cover of Time Magazine for its last issue of 2017 shows a group of brave women who eventually found the courage to speak out against the sexual exploitation and harassment they suffered at the hands of abusive males and made the hash tag […]
Read More...Gov’t can lose ‘moral mandate’ due to RevGov – Villegas
December 7, 2017 · By Paterno Esmaquel II for www.rappler.com
In a Rappler Talk interview, Archbishop Socrates Villegas says Filipinos did not elect their current leaders just to form a revolutionary government MANILA, Philippines – Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas warned that the government can lose its “moral mandate” if it pursues a revolutionary government (RevGov) that Filipinos will find unlawful. “Kung sakali na ‘yung taumbayan […]
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