May, 2004
"Code of Conduct" on Sex Tourism
May 30, 2004 ·
Striking a blow against the sex tourism industry that entraps tens of thousands of children, UNICEF on May 12, 2004 joined the World Tourism Organization (WTO) and the international advocacy group ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) in launching a new “Code of Conduct” for the North American travel industry. The code is designed to protect children from commercial sexual exploitation.
Read More...Philippine News Digest 76
May 28, 2004 ·
Contents: -Philippine economy up 6.4 percent -UN: China faces AIDS time bomb -700,000 asians killed yearly by bad food, water Philippine economy up 6.4 percent The Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.4 percent in the first three months of the year, the highest since 2001, according to the National Statistical Coordination Board. This […]
Read More..."Code of Conduct" on Sex Tourism
May 24, 2004 ·
NTTR May 24 – 30, 2004 Striking a blow against the sex tourism industry that entraps tens of thousands of children, UNICEF on May 12, 2004 joined the World Tourism Organization (WTO) and the international advocacy group ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) in launching a new […]
Read More...Philippines city flourishes under rule of the gun
May 20, 2004 · By KATHY MARKS
DAVAO – In the Philippines and beyond, the southern island of Mindanao is a byword for civil war, anarchy and violence. Its mountains and jungles harbour separatist guerrillas locked in a struggle for an independent Muslim state. Kidnappings are rife, and a Communist insurgency has raged for decades. Tribal warlords backed by private militias rule […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 78
May 8, 2004 ·
Contents: -US is pursuing Americans who commit sex crimes abroad -Vatican official calls for tougher stance against human trafficking -Balinese children vulnerable to abuse US is pursuing Americans who commit sex crimes abroad After the United States passed a federal law in 2003 known as the Protect Act that eliminated an obstacle for prosecutors seeking […]
Read More...Final farewell for campaigning Irish priest
May 6, 2004 ·
Published in The Irish Catholic Father Niall O’Brien’, whose funeral Mass was celebrated this week in Dalgan Park, Navan, said in a final interview his only crime was to help poor Filipinos get a decent wage to support their families. Jailed in the Philippines by the Marcos Government in 1983 he recalled that the reason […]
Read More...Turbulent priest with a social mission
May 1, 2004 · , Published in The Irish Times
Father Niall O’Brien, who has died aged 64, became known internationally in the early 1980s during a 17-month Philippines trial on a trumped-up murder charge. He was one of the “Negros Nine” accused under the Marcos dictatorship of shooting a mayor on the southern sugar island of Negros. A Columban missionary, who worked for nearly […]
Read More...Turbulent priest with a social mission
May 1, 2004 ·
Published in The Irish Times Father Niall O’Brien, who has died aged 64, became known internationally in the early 1980s during a 17-month Philippines trial on a trumped-up murder charge. He was one of the “Negros Nine” accused under the Marcos dictatorship of shooting a mayor on the southern sugar island of Negros. A Columban […]
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