Topic: Human Trafficking
Philomena Lee's tragic tale
January 29, 2014 ·
Philomena Lee, the subject of an Oscar-nominated film, launches project to help find children who were forcibly adopted DAVID MCKITTRICK Friday 24 January 2014 Philomena Lee, a slight, soft-spoken Irishwoman in her 80s who walks with the aid of a stick, returned to Dublin today to spearhead the latest in a long series of campaigns […]
Read More...THE SURVIVAL OF ORPHAN ERICA
January 28, 2014 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen Tacloban,Leyte. I arrived here with the Preda team of social workers to prepare the way for a series of training seminars to combat the human trafficking and give group therapy to the many survivors in the squalid evacuation camps to cope better with the tragedy and great loss they have suffered […]
Read More...Police rescue 21 girls from two Angeles bars
January 25, 2014 ·
January 16, 2014 6:50 pm AT least 21 women, most of them minors, forced to become sex workers have been rescued in a human-trafficking crackdown by police in Angeles City. Chief Supt. Reuben Theodore Sindac, Philippine National Police (PNP) Public spokesman, said police teams swooped on two restaurant-bars in Balibago, Angeles City. Sindac said the […]
Read More...Typhoon sparks Philippine ‘child trafficking fears’
January 21, 2014 ·
January 12, 2014 MANILA: A UK-based children’s charity has asked the Philippines to investigate the suspected recruitment of child workers for sex trafficking in a region devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan, an aid official said on Saturday. Plan International said it was concerned about five high school girls who were recruited after the Nov.8 typhoon […]
Read More...Yolanda’ sparks Philippine child trafficking fears – charity
January 18, 2014 ·
Agence France-Presse 9:59 am | Sunday, January 12th, 2014 MANILA, Philippines – A UK-based children’s charity has asked the Philippines to investigate the suspected recruitment of child workers for sex trafficking in a region devastated by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan), an aid official said Saturday. Plan International said it was concerned about five […]
Read More...Obama Administration releases plan to improve response, support for human trafficking survivors
January 15, 2014 ·
CONTACT:Kenneth J. Wolfe, 202-401-9215, [email protected] The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has joined efforts with other federal agencies and private organizations to help improve the support given to survivors of human trafficking as they rebuild their lives. HHS, along with the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security and other federal agencies, today released the Federal […]
Read More...THE CAPTURE OF THE CHILDREN AND THE NATION
January 5, 2014 ·
THE CAPTURE OF THE CHILDREN AND THE NATION By Fr. Shay Cullen The story of the rescue of Rosemary is heartening and encouraging. When we read about such stories of young children like that of Rosemary being helped and rescued from the clutches of depraved people who are arrested, we rejoice. But we may not […]
Read More...SEARCHING FOR ABUSED CHILDREN AND YOLANDA ORPHANS Dec.29
December 29, 2013 ·
By Fr.Shay Cullen 29 December 2014 Immediately after the Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), the strongest typhoon ever to hit land on 8 November this year, I wrote an article titled “The Lost Orphans of Yolanda” on 12 November in the knowledge that the children without parents are the most vulnerable to abuse, abduction, malnutrition and human […]
Read More...Typhoon-hit areas watched for traffickers
December 28, 2013 ·
By Niña P. Calleja Philippine Daily Inquirer 8:35 am | Friday, December 13th, 2013 MANILA, Philippines—The government’s Inter-Agency Council against Trafficking (IACAT) has been directed to closely monitor areas devastated by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” following reports of syndicates preying on the typhoon survivors, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said on Thursday. De Lima joined church leaders […]
Read More...UN, partners move to protect ‘Yolanda’ kids from traffickers
December 27, 2013 ·
By Tarra Quismundo Philippine Daily Inquirer 8:11 am | Friday, December 27th, 2013 MANILA, Philippines—The United Nations and partner organizations have stepped up efforts to protect typhoon survivors in Eastern Visayas from human trafficking, aiming to save the vulnerable from becoming twice the victim in the hands of predators on the prowl. A coalition of […]
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