July, 2019
Philippine schools join coal-fired power plant protest
July 18, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Catholic schools in the Philippines have joined growing opposition to government plans to build a coal-fired power plant in San Carlos, a city in the central part of the country. In a statement, the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), which has 92-member schools on Negros Island, said the plan is “dispensable and unnecessary.” […]
Read More...Defending the Defenders of Children’s Rights
July 17, 2019 · By Francis B. Bermido, Jr.
Defending the Defenders of Children’s Rights Francis B. Bermido Jr. The enemies of child rights defenders in the Philippines are active and aggressive. They are like a sex mafia. They are afraid that evidence of child abuse will emerge against them in the Philippines or in the United States. They fear that Preda Foundation […]
Read More...Crimes Against Humanity
July 12, 2019 ·
Crimes Against Humanity Fr. Shay Cullen 12 July,2019 It’s a grim gruesome record of murder, assassination and massacre that we must condemn, denounce and learn from. The man, a leader accused of giving orders to target and kill civilians with impunity, is legendary. He convinced them that they were doing a “good” thing killing any […]
Read More...Filipino priest accused of sex abuse goes missing
July 11, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A Filipino priest accused of sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl in Pampanga Archdiocese has gone missing, according to his archbishop. Archbishop Florentino Lavarias of Pampanga said he does not know the whereabouts of Father Daniel Baul. “His whereabouts are not known me,” said the prelate, although he added that he trusts the priest will “not try to […]
Read More...Philippine tribe wants end to Mindanao coffee plantation
July 11, 2019 · By Bong S. Sarmiento, General Santos City for www.ucanews.com
A group of tribal people in the southern Philippines have petitioned the government to cancel a permit issued to a coffee plantation on what they say is their ancestral domain. The group, backed by environmental activist and church groups, filed the petition against M&S Company, which operates the Dawang coffee plantation in Mindanao, in Manila on […]
Read More...Key findings on Americans’ views of race in 2019
July 11, 2019 · By ANNA BROWN for www.pewresearch.org
A majority of Americans say race relations are generally bad, and many think the country hasn’t made enough progress toward racial equality. A new Pew Research Center reportfinds deep divides between white and black adults – and between Republicans and Democrats – in views about race relations and racial inequality in the United States. Blacks are […]
Read More...Drinking Out of Toilets: The Conditions in Border Patrol Facilities Are Beyond Horrifying
July 11, 2019 · By Ryan Bort for www.brisbanetimes.com.au/
Last month, lawyers conducting welfare visits to Texas Customs and Border Protection facilities revealed that detained migrants are being held in conditions more appalling and inhumane than most could have imagined. They found filthy, cramped women and children who had been deprived of basic hygiene and forced to sleep on concrete floors. Physician Dolly Lucio Sevier wrote in her medical […]
Read More...UK slavery network ‘had 400 victims’
July 10, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Members of a gang behind the biggest modern-day slavery network ever exposed in the UK have been jailed. Police believe more than 400 victims were put to work in the West Midlands by the organised crime gang. They tricked vulnerable people from Poland into England with the promise of work and a better life. But […]
Read More...Olongapo High School Teacher Convicted for Sexual Harrassment
July 10, 2019 ·
Olongapo High School Teacher Convicted for Sexual Harrassment Corskie San Jose, then a teacher at the Olongapo City National High School (OCNHS) was found by the regional director of the Department of Education (DepEd) guilty of sexual harassment and is ordered suspended for six months. The Decision came almost two years after the case was […]
Read More...Bishop backs lifting martial law in some parts of Mindanao
July 9, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A Catholic bishop in the southern Philippines has joined calls made by President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter to lift martial law in some parts of Mindanao. Archbishop Martin Jumoad of Ozamiz said martial law should only be imposed in areas where peace and order are at serious risk. The prelate made the call following a statement […]
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