October, 2019
Manila’s anti-poverty initiative aims to go global
October 4, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
An anti-poverty initiative of Manila Archdiocese is to expand its services to other countries especially where Filipinos live and work. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila announced the move during the 15th-anniversary celebration of “Pondo ng Pinoy,” or Fund for Filipinos, on Sept. 30. “It isn’t wrong to dream. But now, there are a lot of […]
Read More...Every Trader Can be Just and Fair
October 4, 2019 ·
Every Trader Can be Just and Fair Shay Cullen 1 October 2019 In the dangerous southern island of Mindanao in the Philippine archipelago of more than 7,000 islands, martial law reigns. It is a place forbidden to non-Filipinos by many embassies. It is troubled with social and political unrest. Mindanao is in a state of […]
Read More...Children from Manila’s slums baptized
October 3, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
About 450 children from urban poor communities in Philippine capital Manila have received the sacrament of baptism from Cardinal Luis Tagle. The prelate told those who attended a Sept. 28 ceremony at the Manila cathedral that the sacrament of baptism is a “grace” from God with no price tag. “And because it is a grace, it […]
Read More...Film, play cast new global focus on Philippines ‘drug war’
October 3, 2019 · By Inday Espina-Varona, Manila for international.la-croix.com
The documentary film “On The President’s Orders” captures police investigators responding to another drug-related killing in the Philippine capital. (Photo courtesy of Active Vista) International pressure on the Philippines’ anti-narcotics campaign picked up steam this week as activists and kin of victims took a theater play to Europe and the International Criminal Court eyes a […]
Read More...Predatory comments prompt YouTube ad suspension
October 3, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Mars, Lidl, Adidas and others have pulled all advertisements from YouTube after some were found next to clips used by predators to target children. Investigations by the BBC and the Times found tens of thousands of “predatory” accounts have been used to leave explicit comments on children’s videos. Problems with the video-sharing site’s reporting system have been blamed for letting […]
Read More...Paul O’Neill jailed after directing child abuse in the Philippines
October 3, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
A former teacher who paid men to abuse children as young as four in the Philippines while he watched online has been jailed for life. Paul O’Neill, 57, from Nottinghamshire, ordered the abuse in advance, giving specific instructions on what he wanted to see, Nottingham Crown Court heard. He admitted three counts of rape and […]
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