December, 2021
Myanmar junta jails Suu Kyi for four years
December 16, 2021 · By AFP, Yangon for www.ucanews.com
Myanmar junta jails Suu Kyi for four years Myanmar’s junta today jailed ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for four years for incitement against the military and breaching Covid rules, a government spokesman told AFP, the first of a series of possible sentences that could see the Nobel laureate imprisoned for decades. Suu Kyi, 76, […]
Read More...Philippine cops nab three for Jesuit hospital doctor’s murder
December 16, 2021 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Philippine cops nab three for Jesuit hospital doctor’s murder Police in the Philippines have arrested three men for gunning down a prominent doctor from a Catholic-run hospital in Mindanao in a killing that Catholic and rights groups said had resulted “in the poor becoming the ultimate victims.” Dr. Raul Winston Andutan, the medical director of […]
Read More...Facing Economic Collapse, Afghanistan Is Gripped by Starvation
December 16, 2021 · By The New York Times for www.nytimes.com
An estimated 22.8 million people — more than half the country’s population — are expected to face potentially life-threatening food insecurity this winter. Many are already on the brink of catastrophe. Facing Economic Collapse, Afghanistan Is Gripped by Starvation SHAH WALI KOT, Afghanistan — One by one, women poured into the mud brick clinic, the […]
Read More...Refugees and Migrants
December 15, 2021 · By Shay Cullen
Refugees and Migrants Look there see the rubber boats with refugees out at sea, They are risking all to find another life and whatever they can be. The violence and the hardship they left in smoke and flame They have traveled far to escape the hunger and the blame. The world so rich rejects them […]
Read More...Pope condemns treatment of migrants in Europe
December 15, 2021 · By Europe migrant crisis for www.bbc.com
Pope condemns treatment of migrants in Europe The Pope has denounced “narrow self-interest and nationalism” over the way European countries treats migrants. Speaking on the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis called the neglect of migrants the “shipwreck of civilisation”. The Pope first visited Lesbos in 2016, when it was a major entry point for […]
Read More...Former RTÉ Sport producer Kieran Creaven jailed for 10 years
December 15, 2021 · By Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent for www.rte.ie
Former RTÉ Sport producer Kieran Creaven jailed for 10 years A former RTÉ Sport producer who filmed himself sexually abusing a young child in the Philippines seven years ago while other children were in the room has been jailed for ten years. Kieran Creaven with an address at Adelaide Street in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, has […]
Read More...Philippines court allows Nobel laureate Maria Ressa to go to Norway
December 15, 2021 · By Reuters in Manila for www.theguardian.com
Philippines court allows Nobel laureate Maria Ressa to go to Norway The Philippine journalist Maria Ressa will be allowed to travel overseas so she can accept her Nobel peace prize in person after a court gave her permission to leave the country to visit Norway this month. Ressa, who is subject to travel restrictions because of the […]
Read More...Philippine presidential hopeful Pacquiao was ‘naive’ drug user
December 15, 2021 · By AFP, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Philippine presidential hopeful Pacquiao was ‘naive’ drug user Philippine presidential hopeful Manny Pacquiao says he was “naive” and ignorant of the law when he took crystal meth in his youth but argues offenders today know drugs are illegal and should be punished. Pacquiao, a retired world champion boxer, has been a high-profile backer of President […]
Read More...Philippine bishop attacks early election vote buying
December 13, 2021 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Philippine bishop attacks early election vote buying A senior Catholic churchman in the Philippines has accused several politicians of undermining democracy by engaging in early vote-buying ahead of national elections in May next year. Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen Dagupan said several politicians have begun buying votes in the form of “cash aid.” “It’s incredible, they have […]
Read More...Sex slavery shackles impoverished Philippine children
December 13, 2021 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Sex slavery shackles impoverished Philippine children Anna was excited to get a job in a restaurant in the Philippine capital Manila at the age of 15. Sex slavery never even crossed her mind then. It all started with a Facebook message. It asked if she would be interested in working in a famous restaurant in […]
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