February, 2018
Community Child Rights Education Saves Children
February 28, 2018 ·
Community Child Rights Education Saves Children Francsco B. Bermido, Jr. When children are neglected and abused, the child protection law is violated but who is there to implement it and protect children and stop the physical abuse, the parental neglect and psychological hurt? That is where the ordinary people need to have awareness and education […]
Read More...Duterte defends ‘shoot in the vagina’ remark
February 28, 2018 · By Paterno Esmaquel II for www.rappler.com
President Rodrigo Duterte says this ‘sarcasm’ is directed at female rebels who bear children while still with the New People’s Army MANILA, Philippines – Saying it was “sarcasm,” President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, February 26, defended his remark that he wants soldiers to shoot female rebels in the vagina. In a speech at the inauguration […]
Read More...Pope names new bishop of Iba
February 27, 2018 · By cbcpnews.net
MANILA— Pope Francis has named Monsignor Bartolome Santos, Jr., as the new bishop of the Diocese of Iba in Zambales which has been vacant for almost four years now. Santos, 50, will succeed Archbishop Florentino Labaras who was appointed to head the Archdiocese of San Fernando in Pampanga in 2014. The bishop-elect is currently the […]
Read More...Bishops call for vigilance amid ‘creeping dictatorship’
February 27, 2018 · By Paterno Esmaquel II for www.rappler.com
‘We must guard our democracy,’ says Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, as the Philippines marks the 32nd anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution MANILA, Philippines – Bishops called for vigilance in the face of a “creeping dictatorship,” as the Philippines marked the 32nd anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution on Sunday, February […]
Read More...Amnesty Int’l urges PH gov’t to release De Lima
February 27, 2018 · By Jodesz Gavilan for www.rappler.com
‘It is a sad state of affairs when the Philippines government is more interested in jailing critics than preventing police from killing thousands of mainly poor people,’ says Amnesty International’s Director of Southeast Asia and the Pacific James Gomez MANILA, Philippines – Amnesty International (AI) on Friday, February 23, urged the Philippine government to immediately […]
Read More...NBI junks cyber libel complaint vs Rappler
February 26, 2018 · By Lian Buan for www.rappler.com
The NBI’s legal and evaluation service says the complaint has gone beyond the one-year prescriptive period for libel MANILA, Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) junked the cyber libel complaint filed against Rappler by businessman Wilfredo Keng over an investigative report it published in 2012. “We have closed the investigation after finding no […]
Read More...Debt for dolphins: Seychelles creates huge marine parks in world-first finance scheme
February 26, 2018 · By Damian Carrington for www.theguardian.com
An innovative exchange of sovereign debt for marine conservation, backed by the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, could pave the way to saving large swaths of the world’s oceans The tropical island nation of Seychelles is to create two huge new marine parks in return for a large amount of its national debt being written off, […]
Read More...Opposing Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
February 26, 2018 ·
Opposing Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Fr. Shay Cullen 23 February 2018 Vatican City- Church and police authorities and non-government organizations (NGOs) came together recently in the Vatican under the Santa Martha Group headed by Cardinal Vincent Nicholas to discuss and share their experience and listen to each other. They discussed greater cooperation in combating […]
Read More...Exclusive: shock figures reveal crisis state of prisons in England and Wales
February 22, 2018 · By Michael Savage and Mark Townsend for www.theguardian.com
Observer analysis of inspection reports shows two in five jails are unsafe and inadequate conditions prevail in over two-thirds The scale of the crisis engulfing prisons in England and Wales can be revealed, after an Observer investigation found that two-thirds are providing inmates with inadequate conditions or unacceptable treatment. An analysis of hundreds of inspections […]
Read More...Mitsutoki Shigeta: ‘Baby factory’ dad wins paternity rights
February 22, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
A Bangkok court has awarded paternity rights to a Japanese man over 13 babies he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers. The ruling allows Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, to pursue custody of the children. The son of a wealthy entrepreneur, he caused controversy in 2014 when he was revealed to have fathered at least 16 babies via […]
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