October, 2021
Zambo City sees spike in online child sex abuse
October 11, 2021 · By Salvador Santiago for www.pna.gov.ph
Zambo City sees spike in online child sex abuse ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Women and Children Protection Center for Mindanao (WCPCM) has expressed alarm on the increase of Online Sex Exploitation of Children (OSEC) here. Master Sgt. Mal-Meradz Lagbas, WCPCM Field Office information officer, bared Tuesday that online sex predators have victimized some 35 children since […]
Read More...Biden lauds Nobel Peace Prize winners Ressa, Muratov for ‘tireless, fearless’ pursuit of facts
October 11, 2021 · By RAPPLER.COM for www.rappler.com
Biden lauds Nobel Peace Prize winners Ressa, Muratov for ‘tireless, fearless’ pursuit of facts MANILA, PHILIPPINES ‘I, along with people everywhere, am grateful for their groundbreaking work to “hold the line,” as Ressa so often says,” says US President Joe Biden US President Joe Biden on Saturday, October 9 (Manila time), joined other world leaders […]
Read More...R. Kelly found guilty in sex trafficking trial
October 8, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
R. Kelly found guilty in sex trafficking trial Singer R. Kelly has been found guilty of exploiting his superstar status to run a scheme to sexually abuse women and children over two decades. Eleven accusers – nine women and two men – took the stand over the searing six-week trial to describe sexual humiliation and […]
Read More...‘Eco-anxiety’: PH children among most stressed by climate crisis
October 8, 2021 · By Cristina Eloisa Baclig - Content Researcher Writer for newsinfo.inquirer.net
‘Eco-anxiety’: PH children among most stressed by climate crisis MANILA, Philippines—As the world lunges toward the point of no return in climate disaster, children in the Philippines and elsewhere in the world suffer from climate and ecological anxiety and distress. A preprint study by The Lancet, a highly-respected peer review science and health journal, used […]
Read More...Great Wall of Lights: China’s sea power on Darwin’s doorstep
October 8, 2021 · By JOSHUA GOODMAN for apnews.com
ABOARD THE OCEAN WARRIOR in the eastern Pacific Ocean (AP) — It’s 3 a.m., and after five days plying through the high seas, the Ocean Warrior is surrounded by an atoll of blazing lights that overtakes the nighttime sky. “Welcome to the party!” says third officer Filippo Marini as the spectacle floods the ship’s bridge […]
Read More...Medical board topnotcher: Nothing makes me happier than patients’ smiles
October 8, 2021 · By INDAY ESPINA-VARONA for www.rappler.com
Medical board topnotcher: Nothing makes me happier than patients’ smiles BACOLOD CITY, PHILIPPINES ‘The simple ‘thank you’, the smiles that lit up their faces; seeing how they appreciate you. This is the reason for my vocation,’ says newly-minted doctor Maria Inez Sellado Benedicto Maria Inez Sellado Benedicto, topnotcher in the September 2021 board exams for […]
Read More...Children are the Most Important of All- Jesus
October 8, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Children are the Most Important of All- Jesus Shay Cullen 10 October 2021 The attention of most adults is primarily focused on what they consider to be the most important reality in the world- themselves, especially many clerics. Yet there is one overriding unassailable truth that stands above all else in the teaching of the […]
Read More...Maria Ressa urges world leaders: ‘Act now’ vs infodemic threatening democracies
October 7, 2021 · By MARA CEPEDA for www.rappler.com
Maria Ressa urges world leaders: ‘Act now’ vs infodemic threatening democracies MANILA, PHILIPPINES ‘These platforms are not merely mirroring humanity; they’re making all of us our worst selves,’ Rappler CEO Maria Ressa says at the first global Ministerial Summit for Information and Democracy held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Rappler CEO and […]
Read More...Don’t let nature fall victim to Covid: Philippine bishop
October 7, 2021 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Don’t let nature fall victim to Covid: Philippine bishop A bishop in the Philippines has appealed to parishioners in his diocese not to resort to illegal logging or mining to overcome hardship brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bishop Socrates Mesiona of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Prinsesa in Palawan province urged Catholics to maintain the integrity of […]
Read More...French Church abuse: Victims demand action after inquiry
October 7, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
French Church abuse: Victims demand action after inquiry Victims of sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church have demanded action after the publication of a damning new inquiry. Since 1950, clergy in the organisation have sexually abused some 216,000 children, according to the report – mostly boys. Pope Francis “felt pain” on hearing about the […]
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