May, 2019
Why the Climate is Changing
May 3, 2019 ·
Why the Climate is Changing Fr. Shay Cullen 4 May 2019 The students are on the streets, waving banners, banging drums, singing, chanting, and calling for an end to the causes driving climate change that is wrecking the planet. They see the global warming caused by huge amounts of CO2 and methane gases heating up […]
Read More...Most child abuse goes unpunished, experts say
May 3, 2019 · By James Whittaker for www.caymancompass.com
Only a fraction of cases reported to police The vast majority of sex offenders in the Cayman Islands are getting away with their crimes, according to statistics from police investigators and trauma counselors. Despite recent survey results suggesting one in five young girls have suffered sexual abuse by an adult, the police Family Support Unit, […]
Read More...How Malaysia allows child abuse to go unpunished
May 3, 2019 · By A. Ananthalakshmi for www.reuters.com
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Most complaints of child sexual abuse in Malaysia do not lead to successful prosecutions, largely due to weaknesses in the nation’s criminal justice system, police, lawmakers and child welfare groups say. According to classified data Malaysian police compiled and shared with Reuters, 12,987 cases of child sexual abuse were reported to […]
Read More...Philippine Catholic school honors female journalists
May 3, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A Catholic school for girls in Manila honored Filipino women journalists this week for their work in “serving and paving the way to improving the welfare of young people.” Among those honored was Patricia Evangelista, an investigative reporter for online media organization Rappler, who has been reporting on drug-related killings in the Philippines. In her opening […]
Read More...Filipino bishop condemns killing of another rights activist
May 2, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A Catholic bishop in the central Philippines has condemned the killing of a human rights worker and called for an end to a wave of “barbaric and calculated assassinations.” Bernardino Patigas Sr., 72, was shot dead by a lone gunman in Negros Oriental province on April 22, three weeks after masked policemen gunned down 14 farmers in […]
Read More...Louisiana man facing 1,000 child pornography charges; $1M bond set
May 2, 2019 · By Kiran Chawla for www.wafb.com
LIVONIA, LA (WAFB) – Multiple law enforcement sources tell the 9News Investigators that a Livonia man was arrested following an investigation involving child pornography. Brian Lemoine, 37, was arrested on the morning of Thursday, April 11, on 500 counts of pornography involving juveniles. He was transported to the Pointe Coupee Parish Jail. On Friday, April […]
Read More...‘Serial child abusers’ sentenced to 60 years for filming sexual assault of 25 children
May 2, 2019 · By www.hawaiinewsnow.com
WACO, TX (KWTX/Gray News) – A Texan husband and wife, described as “serial child abusers,” were each sentenced to 60-year federal prison terms in a child sexual exploitation case, KWTX reports. Christopher Almaguer, 27, his wife Sarah Almaguer, also 27, and his brother Paul Perez, Jr., 25, pleaded guilty in 2018 to enticing children to […]
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