January, 2018
Citing ‘Whitewash,’ Bill Richardson Quits Rohingya Post
January 29, 2018 · By HANNAH BEECH and RICK GLADSTONE for www.nytimes.com
BANGKOK — Delivering an unusual public rebuke, former Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico resigned Wednesday from a Myanmar advisory board on the Rohingya crisis, calling it a pro-government “cheerleading squad” and chastising the country’s civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whom he has long considered a friend. “She has developed an arrogance of […]
Read More...Environmental health groups vow to pursue zero waste, stop incineration
January 29, 2018 · By Martin Suan for www.technochops.com
As the Zero Waste Month comes to a close, environmental health groups affirmed their unity and their commitment to engage other sectors to promote and uphold non-incineration, Zero Waste strategy for solving the country’s garbage woes. At a conference today commemorating the 17th anniversary of Republic Act 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, […]
Read More...5 tips to combat human trafficking in hotels
January 26, 2018 · By Elliott Mest for www.hotelmanagement.net
This is part two in a series on human trafficking in hospitality. Putting an end to human trafficking in hospitality requires a conscious effort from on-property staff, and from check-in to check-out there are a laundry list of indicators hoteliers can look for and best practices they can implement to save victims and catch traffickers. […]
Read More...Cayetano slams Human Rights Watch anew: You owe us an apology
January 26, 2018 · By Patricia Lourdes Viray for www.philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines — DFA Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano once again slammed New York-based Human Rights Watch for “politicizing” the Duterte administration’s so-called war on drugs. Cayetano accused the international human rights watchdog of skewing numbers following its report that there are more than 12,000 victims of the anti-drug campaign. “It is about time Human Rights […]
Read More...The baby had an imprint of a hammer in her skull. Both parents are going to prison
January 26, 2018 · By JANE WESTER for www.charlotteobserver.com
Taraya Beecham was not quite 10 months old when she died in April 2016. She weighed eight and a half pounds, as much as some newborns. Investigators found a hammer in her home, prosecutors said in court Thursday. The hammer matched the shape and size of a fracture in Taraya’s skull. Her leg had been […]
Read More...‘Unthinkable, Inexcusable.’ A California Man Has Been Sentenced to Life in Prison for Buying Filipino Children
January 25, 2018 · By DON THOMPSON / AP for time.com
(SACRAMENTO) — A California man was sentenced to life in federal prison Tuesday for buying Filipino children for sex and pornography in what prosecutors called one of most “lurid, willful, and disturbing” child exploitation cases in the nation. U.S. District Judge John Mendez said he was sickened by the crimes committed by Michael Carey Clemans, […]
Read More...A Heinous Crime against a Five-year Old
January 25, 2018 ·
A Heinous Crime against a Five-year Old Francisco B. Bermido, Jr. The majority of children at the Preda Center are sexually abused teenagers and victims of human trafficking under the age of 18 but there are also younger children who are seriously traumatized and in grave danger having been sexually abused at a younger age […]
Read More...2 women charged with attempted murder in Edmonton child abuse investigation
January 25, 2018 · By Kirby Bourne for globalnews.ca
A number of charges, including attempted murder and aggravated assault, have been laid against two women after five children were taken out of what Edmonton police called an “abusive home.” Det. Aubrey Zalaski with the Edmonton Police Service Child Protection Section said Wednesday the children are safe thanks to the actions of a babysitter. On […]
Read More...A Big Victory for Exploited Children
January 25, 2018 ·
A Big Victory for Exploited Children Fr. Shay Cullen 25 January 2018 He was convicted after almost four and a half years of trial. He pleaded guilty to lesser charges and got off lightly with time served. He is Mr. AB, a US national convicted in an Olongapo Court recently of child trafficking and child […]
Read More...Richest 1 percent bagged 82 percent of wealth created last year – poorest half of humanity got nothing
January 25, 2018 · By www.oxfam.org
Eighty two percent of the wealth generated last year went to the richest one percent of the global population, while the 3.7 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world saw no increase in their wealth, according to a new Oxfam report released today. The report is being launched as political and […]
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