November, 2019
Philippines tags church, aid groups as ‘communist fronts’
November 11, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.org
Several church and humanitarian groups in the Philippines have been declared “communist fronts” by the military during a security briefing in Manila. Among 18 organizations listed as “communist terrorist group front organizations” were the Protestant group National Council of Churches in the Philippines and international aid organization Oxfam. Also included were the Gabriela Women’s Party, […]
Read More...Teacher from Cebu arrested in 2018 jailed again in US for child porn
November 11, 2019 · By Rosalie Abatayo for cebudailynews.inquirer.net
Cebu City, Philippines—Remember the Cebu City public school teacher who was arrested for allegedly making sexual advances on a 14-year-old athlete during the Palarong Pambansa in Vigan, Ilocos Sur in April 2018? Well, he is behind bars again, this time in New Mexico in the United States. Rodymar Lelis, 29, a former teacher at the Zapatera Integrated […]
Read More...Bishops OK anti-abuse steps, but skeptics seek tougher moves
November 8, 2019 · By DAVID CRARY and REGINA GARCIA CANO for apnews.com
BALTIMORE (AP) — Under intense public pressure, the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops approved new steps this week to deal more strongly with the clergy sex-abuse crisis. But activists and others say the moves leave the bishops in charge of policing themselves and potentially keep law enforcement at arm’s length. As their national meeting in Baltimore […]
Read More...Self-Help Guru Convicted in Lurid Sex-Trafficking Case
November 8, 2019 · By Associated Press, Wire Service Content for www.usnews.com
NEW YORK (AP) — The guru of a cult-like self-improvement group that attracted heiresses and Hollywood actresses was convicted Wednesday of turning his female devotees into his sex slaves through such means as shame, punishment and nude blackmail photos. A jury in federal court in Brooklyn took less than five hours to find 58-year-old Keith […]
Read More...Slavery on the high seas: how Southeast Asia can end forced labour on fishing boats
November 8, 2019 · By Patima Tungpuchayakul for www.scmp.com
Business leaders like to talk about business models. Big businesses, in particular, spend a lot of time and money tracking profit and loss, costs and incomes, across often uncountable business units around the world. Generally, twisting a business model into shape to maximise profits is considered the core of good business. But, when the business […]
Read More...Philippine church leaders welcome anti-drug ‘czarina’
November 8, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.org
Church leaders in the Philippines have welcomed the appointment of the country’s vice president, Maria Robredo, as head of a government body tasked with addressing the country’s illegal drug problem. Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan, a staunch critic of the government’s deadly drug war, said the vice president’s acceptance of the appointment was “very laudable.” Last […]
Read More...Florida deputy charged with child abuse after slamming teen to the ground by her throat
November 7, 2019 · By NBC News for www.nbcnews.com
A school resource officer was arrested Tuesday on a child abuse charge related to a September incident in which he slammed a teenage girl to the ground by her throat in Pompano Beach, Florida. Deputy Willard Miller, 38, was charged with felony child abuse without great bodily harm and is the subject of an internal affairs […]
Read More...Child sex abuse inquiry: Catholic Church ‘shocked to core by evil of clergy’
November 7, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has told an inquiry the Church was “shocked to the core” by child sexual abuse perpetrated by members of the clergy. The Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, said the community had struggled to cope with “the presence of evil embodied in its members”. […]
Read More...Trafficker Gets Life Imprisonment
November 7, 2019 · By Francis B. Bermido, Jr.
Trafficker Gets Life Imprisonment Francis B. Bermido Jr. A large majority of the girls in the Preda Home belong to dysfunctional families and were victims of domestic abuse and violence from an early age. These neglected and abused children then take to the streets to survive, escape the beatings and sexual abuse in their homes. […]
Read More...Pope Francis keeps his promise to Asia
November 6, 2019 · By Michael Sainsbury for UCAN News
As Pope Francis prepares to embark on his fourth trip to Asia in the seventh year of his pontificate, he is delivering in a big way on the promise he made shortly after his election that he would make Asia a key focus of his papacy. When he appointed Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle as head of Catholic […]
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