June, 2021
Court junks cyberlibel charge vs Ressa after Keng sought case dismissal
June 9, 2021 · By Kristine Joy Patag for www.philstar.com
Court junks cyberlibel charge vs Ressa after Keng sought case dismissal MANILA, Philippines — A Makati court has dismissed the cyberlibel charge against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa after businessman Wilfredo Keng, private complainant, moved for the dismissal of the case. In a one-page order on Tuesday, the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 granted the Manifestation […]
Read More...Protecting the Planet
June 9, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Protecting the Planet Have you ever seen the sun set upon the sea, The migrating birds fly in formation proud. Have you ever seen the mighty forest and heard the birds sing clear and loud? Have you seen the flowers in the meadows and the fields that provide the nectar for the bee? That gives […]
Read More...Pandemic’s Dire Global Impact on Education
June 8, 2021 ·
Pandemic’s Dire Global Impact on Education The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted education for around 90 percent of the world’s school children. Students, parents, and teachers in 60 countries talked to Human Rights Watch about how school shutdowns affected children’s right to education. How does your pandemic experience compare with that of people around the world? […]
Read More...Asia, the hub of modern slavery
June 8, 2021 · By Rock Ronald Rozario for www.ucanews.com
Asia, the hub of modern slavery No other living beings enslave and abuse their own species, but the tragic story of human slavery continues unabated and spans both centuries and generations. The world has more slaves today than ever before thanks to various state and non-state actors and factors that reap economic and non-economic benefits by forcing fellow humans into […]
Read More...Tulsa massacre: The search for victims, 100 years on
June 8, 2021 · By Rebecca Jones, Arts correspondent, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Tulsa massacre: The search for victims, 100 years on A hundred years after white mobs rampaged through an affluent black neighbourhood, the search for bodies is a deeply personal mission for one scientist. “My job,” says Dr Phoebe Stubblefield, “is to let the bones speak.” Now the forensic anthropologist is at the forefront of the […]
Read More...Canada-wide search urged as children’s remains found
June 8, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Canada-wide search urged as children’s remains found Indigenous groups in Canada have demanded a nationwide search for further graves after the discovery of the remains of 215 children. The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced last week that remains were found at a former residential school set up to assimilate indigenous people. The find sparked […]
Read More...Three Irish children sexually abused by parents and relatives
June 8, 2021 · By Vivienne Traynor, RTÉ Courts Reporter for www.rte.ie
Three Irish children sexual abused by parents and relatives The jury in the trial of seven people accused of the sexual abuse of three children has heard that they were seriously neglected and were sexually abused by their parents and relatives over a number of years. The parents of the three children also face charges […]
Read More...Preda Responds to the Pandemic; Services Remain Uninterrupted
June 8, 2021 · By Preda News
Preda Responds to the Pandemic; Services Remain Uninterrupted Last May 19, 2021 Francis B. Bermido Jr, president of the Preda Foundation, was invited to a virtual side event of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking (UNVTF) titled “Frontline Impact and Innovation: Grassroots Responses to Women and Girl Victims of Human Trafficking […]
Read More...A Doctor’s Prayer
June 7, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
A Doctor’s Prayer I see the suffering children and say I must help, I see the pain and hurt and I know, I can’t ignore when I feel and hear the call To respond and do my best To reach the sick and end the pain and bring healing, and respite. So few of us […]
Read More...Philippines demands China’s withdrawal from Pag-asa Island
June 7, 2021 · By Rappler.com for www.rappler.com
Philippines demands China’s withdrawal from Pag-asa Island MANILA, PHILIPPINES The Philippines fires a new protest against China, citing ‘the incessant deployment, prolonged presence, and illegal activities of Chinese maritime assets and fishing vessels’ in the vicinity of Pag-asa Island The Philippines has fired a new diplomatic protest demanding China’s withdrawal from the vicinity of Pag-asa […]
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