July, 2003
Only a Dream
July 29, 2003 · By Christina from Spain
I am in a place in a third world one wonderful, sunny and hot day. I am looking around me and it seems to be that I am in paradise. Palms join the edge of the sea and the wind coming from the seaside caresses them gently. My friend Pedro who is with me says […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 59
July 23, 2003 ·
Contents: PREDA Fair Trade opens new website Union leaders denounce abusive practices in garments firms Indigenous people claim vigilante group harassing them PREDA Fair Trade opens new website The PREDA Fair Trade department opened a new website www.preda.net July 23 exclusively for fair trading, where visitors could access information on fair trade products and producers. […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 58
July 15, 2003 ·
Contents: Equality Now airs concern over role of US military in rights violations 85 dead in vigilante-related killings in Davao since January Supreme Court rules gov’t owns ill-gotten money Equality Now airs concern over role of US military in rights violations In a letter circulated by Equality Now to its supporters, the international organization aired […]
Read More...ROMANIA Ratifies International Convention Banning Child Labour
July 12, 2003 ·
Romania has ratified the ILO Convention on Worst Forms of Child Labour. The ILO programme introduced in Romania for the first time enjoys financial support from the US administration (600,000 USD) and will span two years.
Read More...PRIX CARITAS AWARD
July 10, 2003 ·
An international award of achievement was presented to Irish Columban Father Shay Cullen this July 10th at the Lucern Culture and Congress Center by the Catholic development organization Caritas Switzerland. The newly established prize recognizes outstanding achievements in the international field for the protection of human rights under adverse circumstances. Fr. Cullen, 60, from Glasthule-Sandycove, […]
Read More...An Island of Tears, Island of Hope: The Story of Bishop Fortich
July 6, 2003 · By Fr. Niall O'Brien
Published in Kasama (July – September, 2003) We were sitting at the table in the sacristy of the cathedral waiting to go out and concelebrate with Monsignor Fortich. He was coming to the end of his period as Bishop of Bacolod and, while I sat there, somebody pushed in front of me a photocopy of […]
Read More...PREDA NEWSLETTER July 2003
July 3, 2003 ·
Dear friends and defenders of children’s rights, Theatre tour in Europe It has been a busy and interesting last few months for all of us at PREDA. In May a group of eight youth members of the PREDA-Akbay Theatre Group led by Rene P. Onrubia Jr. of the PREDA Preventive Education Department left for a […]
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