October, 2012
FAIR TRADE IS GIVING LIFE
October 31, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
If we go to church just to get to heaven is is not the best kind of faith.We need to be acting to help others It seems so selfish and self-centred. Jesus of Nazareth taught us to forget ourselves , loose our lives as it were and then we will find our true self and […]
Read More...New Zealander nabbed for rape, trafficking
October 31, 2012 · , Arianne Caryl N. Casas and Malu Cadeliña Manar, Saturday, October 27, 2012
POLICE and social welfare personnel from Kidapawan City arrested in Davao City on Thursday a 50-year-old New Zealand national accused of molesting two teenage girls. Superintendent Renante Cabico, chief of the Kidapawan City police, identified the suspect as David William Wakefield, 50, assistant manager of Mecs Labor Hiring Company based in Mozambique in South Africa. […]
Read More...Aquino told: Stop the killings in Philippines
October 30, 2012 · , SunStar
PHILIPPINE solidarity groups in New Zealand expressed their concern over the reported increase in the number of activists and journalists killed under Philippine President Benigno Aquino III’s administration. Gathered at the farm of milk-producing cows in New Zealand, members of the Philippines Solidarity Network of Aotearoa (PSNA) noted that 1,000 activists and journalists were killed […]
Read More...Mining firm under fire after killings
October 30, 2012 · , Bong Sarmiento, Koronadal City, Philippines October 23, 2012, UCA News
Tribal and human rights groups yesterday accused a foreign-backed mining company of causing “mayhem” among indigenous communities in Mindanao, following the killing of a tribal leader’s wife and two sons last week. Katribu, a tribal people’s party, said the killings in Davao del Sur province, by soldiers, “proves [the military] can go to the extent of […]
Read More...Cooling on coal
October 30, 2012 · , Philippine Daily Inquirer, Opinion.
Environmentalists and investors are again at loggerheads over two proposed coal-fired power plants in Palawan, the last frontier for conservationists. The conflict though is not exclusive to that island. It is also taking place in Davao, Subic, Iloilo and Bataan. It does seem that while many countries are moving away from “dirty” fuel (like coal) […]
Read More...TAKING A STAND FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS
October 25, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
TAKING A STAND FOR WOMEN’S RIGHT by Fr. Shay Cullen Email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) Seoul, Korea 24 October 2012 As I stood across the road from the Japanese embassy in Seoul earlier this week a group of Korean catholic […]
Read More...FR.Shay speaks at weekly Solidarity rally in Seoul,Korea 24th October12
October 25, 2012 ·
Anger of wartime sex slaves haunts Japan and South Korea
October 25, 2012 · , Justin McCurry in Gyeonggi Province , he Guardian, Thursday 18 October 2012 13.57 BST.
Women forced into working in frontline military brothels keep up pressure on Japan for direct compensation for war ordeal Kang Il-chul was 16 when Japanese military police arrived at her home in South Korea and told her she was being conscripted. The year was 1943, and her country was just two years away from liberation […]
Read More...FR.SHAY FAIR TRADE AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS PROMOTION IN KOREA
October 23, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Last Saturday, 20 October,2012, Fr.Shay Cullen began his five–day whirlwind promotional tour in Seoul, South Korea to promote children’s rights and formally launch Preda Fair Trade in Korea. He has been formally invited by the The Beautiful Shop,Fair Trade Department coordinated by Jinhwan Kim and guided by Beom-Taek Lee. He Joined the NGO rally at Han Park […]
Read More...“Korean Fair Trade Organizations” (KFTO) and “Korean NGO Council for Overseas Cooperation” (KCOC) Seoul, Korea
October 22, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Dear Friends, Advocates of Fair Trade, Justice and Peace, I am very honored and thankful to be present here today to share with you a little of my life and work in helping to develop and promote the Fair Trade movement in the Philippines. I can share with you some of my life experience and […]
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