June, 2020
The Healing and Closure that Justice Bring to Children
June 30, 2020 ·
The Healing and Closure that Justice Bring to Children Preda News In a landmark decision dated 14 May 2020, Judge Gemma Theresa B. Hilario-Logronio of the Regional Trial Court Branch12-FC in Olongapo City found Johnny Torres Medina guilty beyond reasonable doubt of child sexual abuse of two 11-year old children. The sentence strictly followed the […]
Read More...Coca-Cola suspends social media advertising despite Facebook changes
June 30, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Coca-Cola will suspend advertising on social media globally for at least 30 days, as pressure builds on platforms to crack down on hate speech. “There is no place for racism in the world and there is no place for racism on social media,” the drinks maker’s chairman and CEO James Quincey said. He demanded “greater accountability […]
Read More...Russia denies its nuclear plants are source of radiation leak
June 30, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Russia denies its nuclear plants are source of radiation leak Russia has said a leak of nuclear material detected over Scandinavia did not come from one of its power plants. Nuclear safety watchdogs in Finland, Norway and Sweden said last week they had found higher-than-usual amounts of radioactive isotopes in the atmosphere. A Dutch public […]
Read More...L’Oréal to remove words like ‘whitening’ from skincare products
June 30, 2020 · By Agence France-Presse for www.theguardian.com
Announcement comes against backdrop of global anti-racism protests L’Oréal al has announced it will remove words like “whitening” from its products, as global anti-racism protests continue. “The L’Oréal Group has decided to remove the words white/whitening, fair/fairness, light/lightening from all its skin evening products,” the cosmetics company said in a statement on Saturday. The announcement […]
Read More...Philippine official brands Catholic nun a ‘terrorist’
June 30, 2020 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Duterte spokesperson says red-tagging of Sister Mary John Mananzan is permitted under freedom of speech Philippine official brands Catholic nun a ‘terrorist’ A senior government official has accused a Benedictine sister of being a “long-time ally of a communist terrorist organization” after condemning the libel conviction of top journalist Maria Ressa and news writer Reynaldo […]
Read More...Philippines challenging China in South China Sea
June 29, 2020 · By RICHARD JAVAD HEYDARIAN for asiatimes.com
Manila seeks with likely US nod to tap oil and gas in sea areas disputed by China and earlier proposed for joint development MANILA – The Philippines is slowly but surely pushing back against China in the disputed South China Sea, a reflection of revived strategic relations with the United States and a rising need […]
Read More...US bishops recorded more than 4,400 allegations of clergy abuse
June 29, 2020 · By Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
The allegations involved 2,982 clerics, including 2,623 priests, 46 deacons, 260 unknown persons and 53 others. US bishops recorded more than 4,400 allegations of clergy abuse More than 4,400 allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy were reported during the year ending June 30, 2019, a significant jump from the previous auditing period, […]
Read More...US passes bill to check China’s security law in Hong Kong
June 29, 2020 · By UCA News Reporter for www.ucanews.com
The bill empowers US president to seize assets of officials undermining Hong Kong’s semi-autonomous status The US Senate has unanimously approved a bill to punish Chinese officials who undermine Hong Kong’s semi-autonomous status by using new legislation. The bill, passed on June 25, seeks sanctions against Hong Kong police and the banks that do business with […]
Read More...Changing lives of Bangladesh’s untouchables
June 29, 2020 · By Stephan Uttom and Rock Ronald Rozario for www.ucanews.com
Xaverian missionaries have helped Dalits in Bangladesh to stand up against discrimination In 1988, a 13-year-old Hindu boy visited a barber shop with his father to have a haircut in Chuknagar of Khulna district. Before finishing the haircut, the owner of the shop, also a Hindu, started hurling abusive words and threw them out of […]
Read More...US and China Spar over the Philippines
June 26, 2020 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
US and China Spar over the Philippines Fr. Shay Cullen 27 June 2019 The fishermen of Masinloc and Sta. Cruz, Zambales had fished the Scarborough Shoal for generations. In the past several years, the Filipino fishing boats have been harassed and prevented from fishing near the fish-rich shoal by the incursion of Chinese fishing […]
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