April, 2004
Philippine News Digest 75
April 30, 2004 ·
Contents: -21, 000 children prostituted -Olongapo civil society groups press for clean, honest elections -Children participate in summer sports fest 21,000 children prostituted There are more than 21,000 children forced into prostitution, some by their parents, in Jakarta and all Javanese provinces except Banten, according to a study conducted by the International Labor Organization. “Poverty, […]
Read More...Missionary's work had 'huge impact'
April 29, 2004 · , Published in Irish Independent
THE Columban Fathers have praised their colleague Fr Niall O’Brien, who died in Italy on Tuesday night aged 64, for “the huge impact” his work in the Philippines made on his Order. Fr O’Brien became famous in 1983 when he and eight others were imprisoned on the island of Negros in the Philippines on trumped-up […]
Read More...NEWSLETTER APRIL 2004
April 3, 2004 ·
Dear friends and defenders of children, We have just celebrated Easter and in this newsletter I will be telling you some heart-warming stories of “resurrections,” young people who have risen from the dust and ashes of a burnt out life to a new beginning. They refused to be beaten down by hardship and abuse and […]
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