March, 2020
Warrington pair who trafficked ‘slaves’ from Lithuania jailed
March 4, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
A couple who trafficked two Lithuanians into the UK to work as slaves, forcing one to live in a cramped cupboard under the stairs has been jailed. Rita Jablonskaite and Robertas Repsas promised the man and woman, aged 50 and 51, money and a new life in Warrington, Cheshire, Liverpool Crown Court heard. The pair, […]
Read More...Child labour on Nestlé farms: chocolate giant’s problems continue
March 3, 2020 · By Joe Sandler Clarke for www.theguardian.com
Children younger than 15 continue to work at cocoa farms connected to Nestlé, more than a decade after the food company promised to end the use of child labour in its supply chain. A new report by the Fair Labor Association (FLA), commissioned by Nestlé, saw researchers visit 260 farms used by the company in Ivory Coast […]
Read More...Children as young as eight picked coffee beans on farms supplying Starbucks
March 3, 2020 · By Jamie Doward for www.theguardian.com
High street coffee shop giant Starbucks has been caught up in a child labour row after an investigation revealed that children under 13 were working on farms in Guatemala that supply the chain with its beans. Channel 4’s Dispatches filmed the children working 40-hour weeks in gruelling conditions, picking coffee for a daily wage little more than the price […]
Read More...Gold mining policy chaos in Philippines
March 3, 2020 · By BONG SARMIENTO And UWE PARPART for asiatimes.com
On February 28, a Philippines House of Representatives Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples Committee public hearing was convened at the mining site of Melbourne, Australian-headquartered OceanaGold Corp, a mid-size miner of gold and copper, in Didipio village, Kasibu township in the province of Nueva Vizcaya some 270 kilometers northeast of Manila. At issue: Renewal […]
Read More...What is coronavirus and what are the symptoms?
March 3, 2020 · By James Gallagher for www.bbc.com
Coronavirus has spread to more than 60 countries, including the UK. So, what is the disease and what can you do to protect yourself? What are the coronavirus symptoms? It seems to start with a fever, followed by a dry cough. After a week, it leads to shortness of breath and some patients require hospital […]
Read More...Activists welcome Philippine bishops’ anti-dam stance
March 2, 2020 · By UCA News reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Filipino activists have praised a statement by the Philippines’ Catholic bishops calling for a stop to the construction of a dam that will reportedly displace hundreds of tribal people. At least two opposition members in Congress thanked the bishops, saying their statement was “very welcome.” “The project will destroy the lives of [tribal people] in […]
Read More...Filipinos told to hold on to ‘prophetic work’ for justice
March 2, 2020 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Ecumenical church leaders in the Philippines have urged Filipinos to continue their “prophetic work” for justice as the country marks the 34th anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution. Hundreds of activists, including church people, marched in the streets of Manila on Feb. 25 to denounce human rights abuses that continue to this day. “We […]
Read More...Amid street killings, Trump praises Modi for ‘religious freedom’
March 2, 2020 · By Nirendra Dev, New Delhi for www.ucanews.com
Determined to go back home with good memories from a historic India visit and not to ruffle his host, US President Donald Trump said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stands for “religious freedom.” The US president’s endorsement of Modi’s policy came after the Indian capital witnessed deadly clashes over a newly enacted citizenship law that […]
Read More...Pope Francis falls ill in virus-stricken Italy
March 2, 2020 · By UCA News reporter, Rome for www.ucanews.com
Pope Francis has fallen sick in Rome — a day after greeting the faithful on Ash Wednesday without wearing a mask while expressing solidarity with coronavirus sufferers. Italy is the worst-affected European country by Covid-19 with 655 confirmed cases and 17 deaths. Only three cases have been reported in Rome and all three patients recovered. […]
Read More...Philippines to deport notorious UK pedophile
March 2, 2020 · By Bureau of Immigration for www.facebook.com
Bureau of Immigration, Republic of the Philippines PRESS RELEASE 27 February 2020 BI to deport British pedophile The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said it is deporting an overstaying Briton wanted by authorities in his country for allegedly enticing a Filipina minor to have sexual relations with him. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente identified the Briton as […]
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