Topic: Philippines
Philippines Digest 1
August 30, 2001 ·
Contents: 1. Two teenage boys charged in court for abuse of 7 year old 2. The Philippine Criminal Justice System 3. Civil society group vows to battle ‘narco-politics’ 4. Solons to get P15-M ‘pork’ 5. More girls to file raps vs American/ Cops coddling American in rape case 6. PNP report: 1,295 rape cases reported […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 2
August 4, 2001 ·
Contents: 1. Irish priest shot dead 2. Church condemns GMOs, urges tests junked 3. Toxic alarm up over coal power plant 4. US hands off on American’s rape case 5. Police round up street children 6. 4.6% growth expected next year 7. P120M in House funds unsettled 8. Curfew violators abused in detention 9. Lethal […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 1
August 4, 2001 ·
Contents: 1. Two teenage boys charged in court for abuse of 7 year old 2. The Philippine Criminal Justice System 3. Civil society group vows to battle ‘narco-politics’ 4. Solons to get P15-M ‘pork’ 5. More girls to file raps vs American/ Cops coddling American in rape case 6. PNP report: 1,295 rape cases reported […]
Read More...Going overboard with 'Live Show'
April 13, 2001 ·
THE PROBLEM with Conrado de Quiros and other liberal writers is that they tend to go overboard when interpreting the much-abused principle of “suppression of freedom of expression.” Ultra-liberals dismiss the conservatives’ opposition to immorality in public entertainment as an invasion by moral terrorists. Their attacks become more acrimonious when the Christian churches condemn the […]
Read More...Congress Urged to Pass Law Banning Kids from Smoking
June 9, 2000 ·
Published in “The Philippine Daily Inquirer” (June 09, 2000) ROXAS CITY-The Capiz – provincial board passed a resolution urging the House of Representatives to enact measures that would prohibit cigarette use among children as well as regulate the sale and promotion of tobacco products in the country. “Statistics showed that 40 percent of Filipino boys […]
Read More...Mayor in trouble for Saying Kids Enjoy
April 17, 2000 ·
DUMAGUETE CITY-He probably just wanted to earn “pogi points” before media, but Mayor Edsel Enardecido of Ayungon town in Negros Oriental Saturday found out too late that he had instead put his foot in his mouth.
Read More...Vatican Lauds Moratorium on RP Executions
April 3, 2000 ·
Published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer (April 03, 2000) WHERE there used to be only death and persecution, lights were turned on last week to celebrate the moratorium on executions in the Philippines. The Vatican’on Saturday lighted up the ancient Roman Colosseum as a message that Philippine government leaders have been enlightened to respect the […]
Read More...Shift in Sex Tourism
March 4, 2000 ·
Published in Washington Post Service (March 04, 2000) SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — The sexual exploitation of girls and boys, largely by men from the United States, has reached alarming proportions in Central America, according to children’s rights advocates who say the region is now a priority in their struggle against child prostitution and pornography. […]
Read More...American Arrested in Cebu for Mail-order Bride Trade
February 11, 2000 ·
CEBU CITY — An American who owns a fleet of taxicabs here was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion he was exploiting young Filipinas in a mail-order bride business.
A joint team of policemen and National Bureau of Investigation agents collared Perry McNeely, 59, inside a hotel room in Barangay Lahug.
Read More...Police Round up Street Children in Tourist Belt
February 3, 2000 ·
IN another move to get rid of street urchins in the city, the Manila police rounded up some 54 street children in Ermita yesterday.
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