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The world hunger problem: Facts, figures and statistics
September 5, 2012 ·
In the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 million people are living in what the World Bank has called “absolute poverty” Every year 15 million children die of hunger For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5 years Throughout the 1990’s […]
Read More...Chinese mining companies launch invasion on Philippine soil
September 4, 2012 · , Sunday Examiner, August 2012
MANILA (mabuhay) : “The continual mining operation at relentless speed, day and night, is turning the vast agricultural land into a virtual desert,” a June 14 press release from the National Secretarial for Social Action of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines reads in describing the effect of mining in MacArthur, Leyte, on the […]
Read More...BABYMILK ACTION, STAGE DEMONSTRATION AGAINST Nestle at Croyden HQ
September 3, 2012 ·
Campaigners gathering for the annual boycott demonstration at Nestlé (UK) HQ in Croydon (19 May 11:00- 12:00) faced the Nestlé monster – a costume dinosaur representing the company, which recently swallowed up Pfizer’s infant nutrition business (marketing the SMA brand of formula in the UK), and which tramples on the rights of mothers and babies. […]
Read More...Proposed law to promote milk formula against mother's milk
September 3, 2012 · , http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/headlines-mt/30165-doh-alarmed-over-new-breastfeeding-bill
The Department of Health (DOH) and United Nations agencies on Friday expressed alarm over a new breastfeeding bill that seeks to overturn laws protecting consumers from misleading advertisements and aggressive marketing of formula milk. In a joint statement, the DOH, World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) said that the breastfeeding bill […]
Read More...Breast-fed babies healthier, smarter
September 3, 2012 · , http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/headlines-mt/30100-breast-fed-babies-healthier-smarter
Health experts on Thursday warned mothers to avoid giving milk formulas to their babies, saying that breast-fed infants are healthier, smarter and less susceptible to serious diseases. Dr. Howard Sobel, team leader of the Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Unit of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that babies fed formula milk get sick […]
Read More...The Aeta community expands,ten new solid houses
August 31, 2012 ·
Roofing the homes of Aeta settlers. disaster relief project of Trocaire/Preda/ Papaht,ongoing. The Aeta community expands,ten new solid houses for victims of ecological disaster.
Read More...BARRICADE VS LEPANTO DEFIES NCIP-LED POLICE Guns versus pine wood, police versus women and children
August 30, 2012 · , http://opinyon.com.ph/index.php/columnist/read/barricade-vs-lepanto-defies-ncip-led-police-guns-versus-pine-wood--police-versus-women-and-children
[This article is based on a field trip hosted by the Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA), which leads the opposition against large scale mining and supports small- scale mining in the Cordillera mountain province.] ON JULY 24, 2012, a composite of about 30 armed policemen and Lepanto Mines security guards led by National Commission on Indigenous […]
Read More...End child labor pact signed
August 30, 2012 · , press release OneWorld .net 28 August 2012
MoU signed between ILO and SAIEVAC to promote child rights A “momentous partnership” agreement to promote children’s rights and child protection in South Asia has been signed by the Regional Secretariat of the South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children (SAIEVAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The new Memorandum […]
Read More...The Paralympics truly all-conquering athletes
August 30, 2012 · , http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/163122
London’s Paralympics, starting next week, have the potential to serve as a watershed in the way society as a whole regards people with a disability. The competitors will be as fit and physically honed as any of their predecessors in the London Olympic Games. The physical and mental skills required to be a top-class wheelchair […]
Read More...Wife of notorious Paedophile freed
August 29, 2012 · , Wikipedia
Michelle Martin the wife and accomplice of murder child abuser and Paedophile Marc Dutrox who was jailed for 30 years was given parole and freedom after 13 years in jail in a controversy that has opened up wounds of anger in Belgium. She will stay at a convent fifty miles from Brussels. Dutroux is held […]
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