Topic: Philippines
Ex-USC professor pleads guilty to sexually assaulting Filipino boys
September 17, 2014 ·
(Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times) By RICHARD WINTON, KATE MATHER A former USC professor once on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted fugitives list pleaded guilty Friday to flying to the Philippines and sexually assaulting underage boys he groomed online. Walter Lee Williams, 65, admitted engaging in illegal sexual contact with minors in foreign […]
Read More...The ‘Butcher’
August 15, 2014 ·
Philippine Daily Inquirer 2:14 am | Friday, August 15th, 2014 When government agents finally caught fugitive ex-general Jovito Palparan in Sta. Mesa, Manila, on Tuesday, he wasn’t dragged out of his hideout or beaten into submission. In fact, he was even allowed to hold a news conference a few hours after his arrest, with no […]
Read More...Manila’s ‘antipoor’ policy slammed
July 23, 2014 ·
Ordinance allowing six government hospitals to charge fees protested By Nathaniel R. Melican |Philippine Daily Inquirer 3:59 am | Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 MANILA, Philippines–About a dozen women danced to a pop song in front of the Ospital ng Sampaloc in Manila on Monday morning, not to extol the virtues of exercise, but to protest an ordinance […]
Read More...Group slams bail for Italian envoy
July 15, 2014 ·
ANTI TRAFFICKING PROTESTERS CALL ON JUDGE IN CHILD ABUSE CASE TO QUIT by: Maricar Cinco, Inquirer Southern Luzon BIÑAN CITY—Members of an antihuman trafficking group on Friday stormed the regional trial court in this city to assail the court’s ruling that allowed the temporary release of Italian diplomat Daniele Bosio, who was arrested and detained […]
Read More...Child rape seen symptom of bigger Zamboanga City crisis
July 11, 2014 ·
ZAMBOANGA CITY—The rape of a 6-year-old girl in an evacuation camp here is turning the spotlight on the continued suffering of city residents who fled a terror attack and a government offensive last year and who, for still unexplained reasons, languish in shelters with no power, potable water and food.The story of the girl’s rape caught the attention of social workers after another child, an 11-year-old boy, was tagged the culprit. The story took a new turn and led to the girl’s grandfather being the offender.
Read More...Negros 9’: Work for poor continues
July 7, 2014 ·
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—Collectively, they were called the “Negros Nine”—three missionary priests and six lay leaders who were wrongly accused of killing a municipal mayor and his companions in Negros Occidental province in the twilight of the Marcos dictatorship in the ’80s.
Read More...German Human Rights Network expresses great concern about impunity, extrajudicial killings, and so-called trumped-up charges
June 17, 2014 ·
“The culture of impunity regarding serious human rights violations such as extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and torture still remains unbroken in the Philippines” said Elmar Noé, chairperson of the German-based Action Network Human Rights – Philippines (ANHRP), at the end of a visit to the country.
Read More...Bureau Initiative Focuses on Child Sex Tourism Help the Victims, Apprehend the Abusers
June 2, 2014 ·
Bureau Initiative Focuses on Child Sex Tourism Help the Victims, Apprehend the Abusers 05/30/14 From: Federal Bureau of Investigation Website (http://www.fbi.gov/) Last month, the FBI asked for the public¹s help in a case involving a suspected serial child predator who for years taught in private international schools overseas. The suspect committed suicide after his employer […]
Read More...Summary killings: Who's complaining?
June 2, 2014 ·
By Ramon Tulfo Philippine Daily Inquirer http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/604933/summary-killings-whos-complaining Former Mayor Rey Uy of Tagum City, Davao del Norte, has been accused of ordering the summary killings of crime suspects in the city from 2007 to 2013. It¹s unbelievable for the mild-mannered and soft-spoken Uy to order the elimination of ³weeds,² which notorious criminals are, and should […]
Read More...Ex-mayor denies masterminding death squad
June 2, 2014 ·
By Ben O. Tesiorna Thursday, May 22, 2014 THE Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international human rights group, accused former Tagum City Mayor Rey “Chiong” Uy of masterminding the death of hundreds of suspected criminals from 2007-2013. This was however denied by the former mayor who blamed illegal drugs and illegal gambling syndicates for paying […]
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