August, 2001
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...D.R.C.: Rebels Agree To Demobilise Child Soldiers [news]
August 16, 2001 ·
UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy said yesterday from Uganda that rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have given her agency assurances they will stop recruiting and begin demobilising child soldiers. Bellamy said that in addition to a demobilisation program already in place with the D.R.C. government, the new pledge shows that “the rebel […]
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 […]
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