Topic: Philippines
Philippine News Digest 40
October 17, 2002 ·
Contents: RP to sue Seoul club owner for forcing women to flesh trade Bar owners claim RP soldiers pimping for GIs Immigration agents arrest German wanted for fraud RP to sue Seoul club owner for forcing women to flesh trade The Philippine government is to file a lawsuit against a night club owner convicted of […]
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October 2, 2002 ·
Contents: Se x with und erage girls Smut dealers use children to sell porn NPA admits fielding teens in combat Sex with underage girls A disgraced former Thai senator, Chalerm Promlert, 66, was sentenced to 16 years in jail for having sex with underage girls , court officials said. Promlert wa found guilty of statutory […]
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September 26, 2002 ·
Contents: EU challenged to stop human trafficking Supreme Court won’t stop executions Deportees from forced to work as bar girls EU challenged to stop human trafficking Renzo Imbeni, vice president of the European Parliament, warned during the recent EU Conference that trafficking of human beings is an increasingly widespread phenomenon as a consequence of “untrammeled […]
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September 18, 2002 ·
Contents: Forty-five percent of Philippine courts have no judges Rallies mark historic ouster of US military bases 11 years ago 4 more Filipino minors cry rape in Sabah jail Forty-five percent of Philippine courts have no judges An official of the Supreme Court disclosed that forty-five percent of Philippine courts have no judges and warned […]
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September 9, 2002 ·
Contents: Four girls rescued from sex den There is 1 pusher for every 3 barangays More children to battle rebels Four girls rescued from sex den Four women who were recruited to work as babysitters by a neighbor but ended up as prostitutes in a Quezon City brothel were rescued October 8 by police operatives. […]
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August 30, 2002 ·
Contents: Gang selling women to sex den operators Cambodia turning into child-sex haven Solon wants illicit trade of human organs, tissues stopped Gang selling women to sex den operators The Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) ordered its personnels to be more strict in screening Filipino women departing for the United Arab Emirates amidst reports […]
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August 21, 2002 ·
Contents: 10 minors moved out of death row Solons pressure governments to ratify the ICC 10 minors moved out of death row Ten of the 12 minors on death row were transferred to the medium security compound of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) August 19, at least three weeks after the Supreme Court issued the […]
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August 5, 2002 ·
Contents: Study find boys hide sexual abuse Vietnam tighten curbs on adoptions Human progress improving- UN Study find boys hide sexual abuse A new study from the University of South Australia has found that boys generally keep silent about sexual abuse and use a variety of techniques to mask the effects of the abuse. It […]
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August 2, 2002 ·
Contents: SC orders 12 youths out of death row 1M Filipino children working as domestics Dike in need of repair called “ticking time bomb” SC orders 12 youths out of death row The Supreme Court ordered justice and prison officials to remove 12minors from death row, saying it was against the law to treat youth […]
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July 26, 2002 ·
Contents: Amnesty International urges Macapagal to freeze executions US threatens to block UN vote on torture convention MLSA to be signed during Powell visit Amnesty International urges Macapagal to freeze executions The human rights group Amnesty International urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to freeze scheduled judicial executions this year and cautioned her against abuses in her […]
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