December, 2020

Christmas is a time for special sharing

Christmas is a time for special sharing. A time of thanksgiving and togetherness with the poor. Jesus was born poor, was in danger and became a refugee in Egypt. We reach out and give to those in need so they Lord can have a happy Christmas too. Amen

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Nineteen Women and Children Rescued from Trafficking

Nineteen Women and Children Rescued from Trafficking On 17 September 2020, 17-year old Maria from Subic reported to the local social worker that she had been trafficked and sexually abused many times during the lockdown by her adoptive aunt and cousins and asked for help. In the absence of a government-run center for victims, the […]

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48% of families saw themselves as poor in November 2020 –SWS

Nearly half or 48% of Filipino families said they considered themselves “poor” in a November 2020 survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS), a slight drop from the 54% recorded in December last year. In face-to-face interviews with 1,500 respondents conducted from November 21 to 25, the SWS found that 36% felt “borderline poor” and […]

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EU Digital Services Act set to bring in new rules for tech giants

EU Digital Services Act set to bring in new rules for tech giants The European Union is set to unveil new rules it says will “overhaul” the digital market, including how tech giants operate. A pair of laws – the Digital Services and Digital Markets Acts – will be announced later on Tuesday. They are […]

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Putting digital services at the service of Europeans

With a clear and predictable framework for the single market we will be able to prevent harmful behaviour before it even takes place Even in the midst of the biggest crisis most of us have ever witnessed, digital services help us to continue working, doing business, learning, staying informed, shopping, entertaining ourselves, socialising and staying […]

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Philippines Takes Step to Protect Children

The Philippines House of Representatives took an important step this week to protect children with the passage of a bill raising the age of sexual consent from 12 years, one of the lowest in the world, to 16. The proposed legislation, which must still pass the Senate to become law, will make it a crime for any adult to […]

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Philippines targets deal for 25 million doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines aims to finalise negotiations with Sinovac Biotech this week to acquire 25 million doses of the Chinese company’s COVID-19 vaccine for delivery by March, a coronavirus taskforce official said on Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte, who has pursued warmer ties with Beijing, wants to inoculate all his country’s 108 million people, […]

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Life so Sacred and Precious

Life so sacred and precious human dignity and rights so valuable we are shocked to see the drawings of child abuse and torture of children and see the video of the brutal shooting of a mother and son by a uniformed police officer caught on video. Lord may good people speak as witnesses of this […]

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Pornhub removes all user-uploaded videos amid legality row

Pornhub removes all user-uploaded videos amid legality row Adult video site Pornhub has removed the majority of videos by suspending all unverified uploads, amid a row over illegal content. Mastercard, one of the world’s biggest payment providers, pulled support for the site last week over the scandal. A New York Times report had accused the site […]

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Kenya’s black market baby trade: A mother’s choice

Last month, BBC Africa Eye exposed a thriving black-market trade in babies in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Police arrested seven people on trafficking charges in response to the story, but what about the women on the other side of these illegal deals? What drives a mother to sell her child? Adama’s life was easy when […]

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