June, 2019
Church, rights groups demand justice for slain Filipino activists
June 21, 2019 · By Mark Saludes, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Ecumenical and rights groups in the Philippines have demanded a thorough investigation into the killing of a church activist by gunmen on June 17. They also called for justice for four leftist activists shot dead since the start of June. Neptali Morada, a member of the United Evangelical Church of Christ, was on his way […]
Read More...Two Irish Teens Are Youngest Ever Convicted of Murder There
June 20, 2019 · By Ed O’Loughlin for www.nytimes.com
DUBLIN — A Dublin jury found two 14-year-old boys guilty on Tuesday in the killing of a teenage girl last year, the youngest people ever to be convicted of murder in Ireland. In a case that has shocked and horrified the nation, the two boys, who were both 13 at the time of the killing, were […]
Read More...Climate change hurts poor Filipinos the most
June 20, 2019 · By Mark Saludes, Manila for international.la-croix.com
People have already started losing their homes, their school, and their chapel to the sea. The water is taking over land that is home to the poorest of the poor in the region. Rolando Yunson, a 70-year old resident of Bisagu, a village near the town of Aparri in Cagayan province, said the sea “is […]
Read More...‘Shame and pain’: Vietnam starts to grapple with child abuse epidemic
June 19, 2019 · By Zoe Osborne in Ho Chi Minh for www.theguardian.com
It was morning at a Hanoi school when a teenage student stumbled into class. As she sat at her desk, blood began to pool under her chair; just that morning she had been sexually abused. When her teacher’s response was that she should sit on some tissues until the bleeding stopped, the young girl began […]
Read More...Bob Higgins jailed for 24 years for abusing young footballers
June 19, 2019 · By Steven Morris for www.theguardian.com
Victims of the football coach Bob Higgins, who is beginning a 24-year jail term for abusing schoolboy players, have said there are still many questions to be answered about why he was able to evade justice for three decades. Survivors called on high-profile players and managers who worked with Higgins at Southampton FC to explain what they […]
Read More...Filipino journalist to sue police for ‘mistaken arrest’
June 18, 2019 · By Inday Espina-Varona, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A journalist arrested on June 9 after being “mistaken” for a wanted person in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao is to sue the police for illegal detention. Margarita Valle, a columnist with the Davao Today newspaper, said police officers ignored her appeals to call friends to verify her identity and held her incommunicado for 12 hours. She said […]
Read More...Philippine activists revive Marcos-era rights group
June 18, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Rights activists in the Philippines have revived an organization comprising families and friends of political prisoners that was formed during the martial law years in the 1970s. The group Kapatid (sibling) was formed in 1978 as a response to a crackdown on political activists during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. More than 40 years later, during the organization’s […]
Read More...Ivan Golunov arrest: Russian reporter is freed after public outcry
June 17, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
A Russian journalist has been freed after drug-dealing charges against him were dropped following a public outcry. Russian newspapers had rallied round freelancer Ivan Golunov in a rare public show of support. Mr Golunov cried as he was freed from a police station on Tuesday and vowed to continue his investigative journalism. Interior Minister Vladimir […]
Read More...Philippine Muslims, Christians build bridges over dinner
June 17, 2019 · By Mark Saludes, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Muslim and Christian groups in Manila held a charity dinner on June 8 to promote peace and fight what they described as anti-Islamic sentiments. The event included a discussion on the security situation in the southern Philippines and “prejudices against Islam” especially in the Mindanao region. Amirah Lidasan, secretary-general of the Moro-Christian People’s Alliance, said the […]
Read More...When the Truth Will Set us Free
June 14, 2019 ·
When the Truth Will Set us Free Fr. Shay Cullen 14 June 2019 If there is one thing that humans hunger and thirst for, it is the truth. Knowledge is vital for human learning, survival, safety, progress and interpersonal and social relationships. At the beginning of human kind, knowing where in the forest to […]
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