January, 2018
‘Trafficked’ OFW sues for forced labor and abuse in U.S.
January 15, 2018 · By Don Kevin Hapal for www.rappler.com
The Velonzas allegedly confiscated Bergado’s passport and forced her to work ’14 hours a day and 7 days a week, for virtually no pay, for almost 3 years’ MANILA, Philippines – A Filipina victim of human trafficking filed a lawsuit against her employers for allegedly forcing her into “involuntary servitude for almost 3 years,” while […]
Read More...Baguio high school basketball coach accused of sexual harassment
January 15, 2018 · By Aika Rey for www.rappler.com
Fil-Am Josiah Weihman shares a painful secret he has kept for 14 years involving his former high school coach, and hopes others would come forward MANILA, Philippines – For many aspiring basketball players, getting close to their coach is a special relationship developed on the hardcourt. One coach, however, allegedly took a different approach in […]
Read More...A 7-year-old Pakistani girl was raped, strangled and left in a dumpster
January 15, 2018 · By Amanda Erickson for www.washingtonpost.com
Muslim custom decrees that the dead must be buried almost immediately. But the father of 7-year-old Zainab, who was raped and strangled last week, says he won’t bury her until her killer is found and punished. “We will not bury her until we get justice,” he told reporters. “We are now afraid of letting our […]
Read More...Wales smacking ban plan goes to public consultation
January 12, 2018 ·
Plans to outlaw smacking children in Wales are going out to a three-month consultation. Ministers said removing the defence of reasonable punishment would make it clear smacking was “no longer acceptable”. Charities including the NSPCC said this would bring Wales in line with dozens of other countries. But campaigners against the law fear it could […]
Read More...Child Brides are Sex Slaves
January 12, 2018 ·
Child Brides are Sex Slaves Fr. Shay Cullen 12 January 2018 What more depraved cultural, economic, community-approved practice is there than to have an 11-year old girl given as a sex partner to a man more than thirty years older and call it marriage. It is a debasement of marriage itself for a start but […]
Read More...‘Violent Scotland’ comment in 2002 smacking ban discussions
January 12, 2018 ·
Official papers have revealed that a deputy first minister told colleagues that Scotland was a “violent country” over plans for a ban on smacking. The newly released documents, dating from 2002, detail cabinet discussions on the issue involving Jim Wallace. He told ministers that by international standards, Scotland was violent and “if we want to […]
Read More...Unicef says scale of attacks on children in conflicts is shocking
January 12, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
The UN children’s fund says the scale of attacks on children in the world’s conflict zones reached “shocking” levels in 2017. In a new report, Unicef said there was widespread and blatant disregard for international laws designed to protect the most vulnerable. Unicef director Manuel Fontaine said children were being targeted in their homes, schools […]
Read More...Father Cullen recognised
January 11, 2018 · By Sunday Examiner
KERKRADE (SE): Regular columnist for the Sunday Examiner and longtime advocate for the rights of children, indigenous people and the abused, Father Shay Cullen, was presented with the Martin Buber Plaque Award in recognition of his work at a ceremony in Kerkrade as part of the International Festival of Dialogue in the Netherlands on November […]
Read More...IPHONE: APPLE SHAREHOLDERS URGE COMPANY TO TAKE ACTION OVER CHILDREN’S SMARTPHONE ADDICTION
January 11, 2018 · By ANDREW GRIFFIN for www.independent.co.uk
Apple has been told to take urgent action to curb children’s smartphone addiction, amid fears that technology could be damaging the young generation. The warning from two shareholders comes amid increasing concerns about how gadgets and social media could affect the young children who use them, many of whom are attached to their phones for […]
Read More...Pope Francis invites new mothers to breastfeed in the Sistine Chapel during baptism ceremony
January 11, 2018 · By Philip Pullella for www.independent.co.uk
‘Breastfeed them. Don’t be afraid, because this too is the language of love,’ pontiff tells parents of newborns at service Pope Francis told new mothers they should feel free to breastfeed their babies in the Sistine Chapel if they felt hungry. The pope baptised 34 infants during in a ceremony that lasted more than two […]
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