June, 2021
The Filipino mothers selling their children for online sexual abuse
June 7, 2021 · By NEIL JAYSON SERVALLOS, PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM for www.rappler.com
The Filipino mothers selling their children for online sexual abuse MANILA, PHILIPPINES Tech companies report more than 1.29 million images and videos of child abuse materials produced in the country in 2020 – triple the number in 2019 AS PUBLISHED BY PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM First of four parts. Trigger warning: This article contains depictions […]
Read More...Germany officially recognises colonial-era Namibia genocide
June 7, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Germany officially recognises colonial-era Namibia genocide Germany has officially acknowledged committing genocide during its colonial occupation of Namibia, and announced financial aid worth more than €1.1bn (£940m; $1.34bn). German colonisers killed tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people there in early 20th Century massacres. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said his country was asking Namibia […]
Read More...Interfaith lawyers educate Filipino homeless on their rights
June 7, 2021 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Group uses charities to provide information on how street dwellers can protect themselves against abuses Interfaith lawyers educate Filipino homeless on their rights A group of Catholic and evangelical Christian lawyers in the Philippines has launched a campaign to educate the homeless about their rights. The group, called the Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative […]
Read More...Parents and the Internet for Good and Bad
June 4, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Parents and the Internet for Good and Bad Shay Cullen 5 June 2021 The moral and spiritual fabric of society is under stress and challenged as never before by the rapid and bewildering spread of Internet-powered social media platforms used by children, students and the youth. At an early age 200 million girls and 100 […]
Read More...The Mercenary
June 4, 2021 ·
The Mercenary You may despise me with disgust for the arms I bear and the wars I wage, For the payment that I earn for the killings and the rage. I carry anger and hate of those who did me wrong, I was beaten and abused and suffered until I was strong. Then with hardened […]
Read More...Canada mourns as remains of 215 children found at indigenous school
June 2, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Canada mourns as remains of 215 children found at indigenous school A mass grave containing the remains of 215 children has been found in Canada at a former residential school set up to assimilate indigenous people. The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in 1978. The discovery […]
Read More...The schools that had cemeteries instead of playgrounds
June 2, 2021 · By Sian Griffiths for www.bbc.com
The schools that had cemeteries instead of playgrounds Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has released its findings into more than a century of abuse in Indian Residential Schools. Between the 1880s and 1990s 150,000 aboriginal children were sent to institutions where they were stripped of their language and culture. Many faced emotional, physical and sexual […]
Read More...Shocking report claims as many as 850,000 pedophiles active in the UK, possibly more
June 2, 2021 · By RT.com for www.rt.com
Shocking report claims as many as 850,000 pedophiles active in the UK, possibly more There may be 850,000 child sex offenders lurking in the UK, a new report claims. The number is three times higher than previously thought, but may still fall short of the true scale of the threat. In its annual National Strategic […]
Read More...[ANALYSIS] The economics of vaccinating 70 million Filipinos
June 2, 2021 · By JC PUNONGBAYAN for www.rappler.com
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[ANALYSIS] The economics of vaccinating 70 million Filipinos Sheer information and incentives are not nearly enough. For many more people, it’s a matter of trust. Mass vaccination is doubtless necessary for the Philippine economy’s speedy recovery. To this end, President Rodrigo Duterte and his pandemic response team originally (if ambitiously) aimed to vaccinate at least […]
Read More...Saving the Planet Earth
June 1, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Saving the planet Earth Let the students march and speak, Let the youth protest and cry, Let the day of justice roll on, May they change the world with truth and confound the lie. The world is heating, we are cooking ourselves to death, We are burning coal and oil and everything we can, We […]
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