March, 2018
The Resurrection of Jessica
March 28, 2018 ·
The Resurrection of Jessica Fr. Shay Cullen 29 March 2018 Jessica was a lost child wandering the streets of a Philippine city, picked up by a human trafficker and brought to different places where she was sold as a commodity to foreign sex tourists to be abused. She didn’t know what was happening to her […]
Read More...How an ‘outdated’ law is preventing PH drug war victory
March 28, 2018 · By Rambo Talabong for www.rappler.com
The Dangerous Drugs Act sets strict admission requirements for rehabilitation programs, because there were fewer drug surrenderers when the law was passed MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act is outdated. No less than a permanent board member of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), the government’s policymaking body, admitted this on Wednesday, March […]
Read More...Pope Francis urges young people not to remain silent
March 28, 2018 · By Agence France-Presse for www.rappler.com
(UPDATED) ‘Even if others keep quiet, if we older people and leaders, so often corrupt, keep quiet, if the whole world keeps quiet and loses its joy, I ask you: Will you cry out?’ Pope Francis asks VATICAN CITY (UPDATED) – Pope Francis on Sunday, March 25, urged young people not to allow themselves to […]
Read More...Duterte Holy Week message: ‘Revitalize faith’
March 28, 2018 · By newsinfo.inquirer.net
As the country ushers in the Holy Week, President Rodrigo Duterte, who once cursed at the Pope and railed at bishops, urged Filipinos to “reflect on the Catholic values and embody selflessness, compassion and love.” In his Holy Week message, the President said it was the time for Filipinos to revitalize their faith and renew […]
Read More...Pinay child brides
March 27, 2018 · By Rina Jimenez-David - @inquirerdotnet for opinion.inquirer.ne
We call them “child brides,” girls who get married before they reach the age of 18, and whose futures are compromised by this premature introduction into the adult world of marriage, motherhood, sex, and household responsibilities. While the majority of child marriages in the world take place in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the […]
Read More...11-year-old girl married to 40-year-old man
March 27, 2018 · By Samuel Burke, CNN for amanpour.blogs.cnn.com
Before their wedding ceremony begins in rural Afghanistan, a 40-year-old man sits to be photographed with his 11-year-old bride. The girl tells the photographer that she is sad to be engaged because she had hoped to become a teacher. Her favorite class was Dari, the local language, before she had to leave her studies to […]
Read More...Tributes paid to ‘hero’ officer killed after swapping with French supermarket hostage
March 27, 2018 · By David Mercer, News Reporter for news.sky.com
Arnaud Beltrame showed “exceptional self-sacrifice and courage”, Emmanuel Macron says, with his family calling him a “hero”. A policeman who died after taking the place of a hostage during a terror attack at a French supermarket has been described as a “hero”. Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame showed “exceptional self-sacrifice and courage” after voluntarily swapping himself […]
Read More...Most wanted Roy Lawrence Piechocki arrested in Bulgaria
March 27, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
A British man wanted by police for seven years has been arrested in Bulgaria, authorities say. Roy Lawrence Piechocki, 56, has been wanted by Interpol since 2011 for 10 counts of sexually exploiting a minor in the United States. Piechocki, from Hillingdon in west London, was arrested after being found in a rented flat in […]
Read More...March for Our Lives : thousands join anti-gun protests around the world
March 26, 2018 · By Oliver Laughland and Lois Beckett in Washington for www.theguardian.com
Hundreds of thousands of students joined the pro-gun control March for Our Lives rallies across the US in one of the largest expressions of popular opposition in the modern era. Events have been taking place at more than 800 locations around the world – including London, Sydney, Tokyo, Mumbai, plus hundreds of places in the […]
Read More...Almost 30,000 lone parent families made homeless in England in 2017
March 26, 2018 · By Hannah Richardson for www.bbc.com
Almost 30,000 single parent families were made homeless last year, up 8% on five years ago, according to new official figures. Housing charity Shelter said government figures also reveal that nearly three-quarters of homeless households in England are lone parent families. Shelter said lone parents were bearing the brunt of the housing crisis, by juggling […]
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