June, 2021

Senate OKs on 3rd reading bill expanding govt protection for children vs online sexual abuse

Senate OKs on 3rd reading bill expanding govt protection for children vs online sexual abuse VOTING 23-0, the Senate on Thursday approved on third and final reading a bill that expands government protection for children against online sexual abuse and exploitation. The senators unanimously passed Senate Bill (SB) 2209 or the proposed Special Protections Against […]

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Coalition backs SF motion that building on Palestinian land ‘de facto annexation’

Coalition backs SF motion that building on Palestinian land ‘de facto annexation’ The Government has backed a Sinn Féin motion describing the building of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories as de facto annexation. Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said during a Dáil debate on the motion that “we need to be honest with what is happening […]

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Caritas launches legal service for Filipino workers

Caritas launches legal service for Filipino workers The Catholic Church’s social action arm in the Philippines has launched a livestreamed program giving free legal consultations for workers to help protect their rights. Caritas Philippines began the two-hour monthly service on May 1 — International Labour Day — with lawyers who specialize in labor law to […]

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Philippine Supreme Court under fire for ‘legalizing divorce’

Philippine Supreme Court under fire for ‘legalizing divorce’ Critics have accused the highest court in the Philippines of making marriage annulments easier by modifying the boundaries of a legal technicality widely used as grounds to dissolve marriages in the only Christian country apart from the Vatican where divorce is not legal. The technicality is referred […]

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