July, 2021
Prayer of Remembrance of Father Rudy Romano and Father Conrado Dela Cruz
July 23, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Prayer of Remembrance of Father Rudy Romano and Father Conrado Dela Cruz Lord so many years have passed we recall their lives of sacrifice they were the true prophets of the poor. They stood as Jesus did to bring justice as the cure. To end violence and oppression, they sought to end the suffering and […]
Read More...Understanding Youth and Fighting Social Evil
July 23, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Understanding Youth and Fighting Social Evil Shay Cullen 24 July 2021 The condition of many hundreds of thousands of youth in the Philippines today is a sorry and pain-filled situation of neglect, physical, emotional, verbal, psychological and sexual abuse. They are a lost generation as broken homes proliferate, hundreds of thousands of couples live together […]
Read More...13-year-old believed to have been sexually assaulted found dead in South Cotabato
July 22, 2021 · By GMA NEWS ONLINE for www.gmanetwork.com
13-year-old believed to have been sexually assaulted found dead in South Cotabato A 13-year-old girl who was believed to have been sexually assaulted was found dead by police at a pineapple plantation in Barangay Cannery in Polomolok, South Cotabato. According to Jaimie Santos’ Saturday report on “24 Oras Weekend,” the victim, identified as Althea Arcamo, […]
Read More...Preda Secures Certificate of No Derogatory Record from SEC
July 22, 2021 · By Preda News
Preda Secures Certificate of No Derogatory Record from SEC The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued 21 June 2021 a “Certificate of No Derogatory Record” to the Preda Foundation. The Certificate reads in part, “the Preda Foundation has not been dissolved nor has the Commission has received any information derogatory to said corporation […]
Read More...Innocence lost: Japan’s lax attitude to pedophilia
July 22, 2021 · By Cristian Martini Grimaldi, Tokyo for www.ucanews.com
A tasteless joke by a lawmaker regarding the age of consent highlights the country’s sexualization of children Innocence lost: Japan’s lax attitude to pedophilia The most obvious thing about pedophiles is that they cannot hide their perverted nature, presumably because they don’t consider themselves to be perverted. And one of the things they often unconsciously […]
Read More...Myanmar military arrest Catholic priest in Chin state
July 22, 2021 · By UCA News Report for www.ucanews.com
Father Aung Ling released after being suspected of providing food to a civil resistance group Myanmar military arrest Catholic priest in Chin state Myanmar’s military raided a Catholic parish house in Chin state and arrested a priest suspected of providing food to a civil resistance group. Soldiers arrested Father Michael Aung Ling and one boarding […]
Read More...Filipino military comes under fire for ‘farmers massacre’
July 22, 2021 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Church, rights groups accuse the army of murder after three indigenous people, including a child, are killed Filipino military comes under fire for ‘farmers massacre’ Church and rights groups in the Philippines have condemned the killing of three indigenous people, one of them a 12-year-old girl, during a military operation in the southern Mindanao region. […]
Read More...Philippines receives 1 million Japan-donated AstraZeneca doses
July 22, 2021 · By SOFIA TOMACRUZ for www.rappler.com
Philippines receives 1 million Japan-donated AstraZeneca doses MANILA, PHILIPPINES (2nd UPDATE) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says the donation is a testament of its ties with the Philippines, ‘a true friend closer than a brother’ The Philippines received a shipment of over 1 million AstraZeneca doses donated by Japan on Thursday, July 8, as supplies […]
Read More...Philippines Loses a Press Freedom Fighter
July 22, 2021 · By Carlos H. Conde for www.hrw.org
Philippines Loses a Press Freedom Fighter The Philippines lost one of its foremost press freedom fighters Wednesday night. Jose Jaime Espina, popularly known as “Nonoy,” died from liver cancer just days after recovering from Covid-19, his family said. He was 59. A longtime journalist based mainly in the central Philippines region of Negros, Espina was chairman of the National Union […]
Read More...Philippines relaxes COVID-19 curbs to allow children outdoors
July 22, 2021 · By Reuters for www.reuters.com
Philippines relaxes COVID-19 curbs to allow children outdoors MANILA, July 9 (Reuters) – The Philippines on Friday loosened coronavirus restrictions to allow children out of their homes so they can return to parks, playgrounds, and hiking trails in the capital region and some other provinces after a slowdown in infections. Children aged five and above, […]
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