August, 2022
DOJ charges members of religious group with terror financing
August 17, 2022 · By JODESZ GAVILAN for www.rappler.com
DOJ charges members of religious group with terror financing (1st UPDATE) Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, established in 1969, has consistently denied being a communist front organization MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged at least 16 people, including nuns, linked with the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) for the non-bailable […]
Read More...Changing kidney blood type may boost transplants
August 16, 2022 · By Christy Cooney, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Changing kidney blood type may boost transplants Researchers have successfully altered the blood type of donor kidneys in a discovery that could increase the supply of the organs for transplant. The breakthrough has particular implications for minority groups, who often find it harder to find a match. A kidney from someone with blood type A […]
Read More...EcoWaste Coalition Asks Nations to Make Trade of Mercury Cosmetics History
August 16, 2022 · By Journal Online for journal.com.ph
EcoWaste Coalition Asks Nations to Make Trade of Mercury Cosmetics History (27 Products Sent by EcoWaste Coalition to South Korea for Analysis Found to Contain High Levels of Mercury) 15 August 2022, Quezon City. As the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Minamata Convention is observed on August 16, a toxics watchdog group […]
Read More...Southern Baptist abuse claims under DoJ investigation
August 16, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Southern Baptist abuse claims under DoJ investigation Leaders of the largest Protestant denomination in the US say the authorities have started an inquiry into sexual abuse by its clergy. Lawyers for the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) said they would co-operate with the investigation “fully and completely”. A report in May said the SBC had covered […]
Read More...The healing and causes of childhood sexual abuse
August 12, 2022 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The healing and causes of childhood sexual abuse Fr. Shay Cullen 12 August 2022 There are few people in the world or in the Philippines that have not been physically, verbally, psychological or sexually hurt and abused in their childhood. They have been emotionally damaged and they carry the hurt and do not totally forget […]
Read More...African bishops lament inability to stop youth migration
August 11, 2022 · By Ngala Killian Chimtom, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
African bishops lament inability to stop youth migration In the din of Yaoundé’s traffic, thousands of youths comb various offices, documents in hand, in search of jobs. As frustration sets in, many see a future beyond the country’s shores. That is how Jannet left Cameroon two years ago. A recruiter told her she would have […]
Read More...Rohingya leaders shot dead in Bangladesh camp
August 11, 2022 · By AFP for www.ucanews.com
Rohingya leaders shot dead in Bangladesh camp Two Rohingya community leaders were shot dead in one of Bangladesh’s refugee camps, police said Wednesday, the latest in a string of killings in the settlements. The sprawling camps house nearly one million Rohingya refugees that fled to Bangladesh after a military offensive in neighbouring Myanmar five years […]
Read More...Myanmar junta ‘committing systematic crimes against humanity’
August 11, 2022 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Myanmar junta ‘committing systematic crimes against humanity’ Myanmar’s military junta has committed crimes against humanity systematically amid ongoing conflicts in the beleaguered country following the coup last year, according to a new report by the United Nations. The UN’s Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said in its annual report on Aug. 9 that sexual […]
Read More...Toxics Watchdog Group Presses Swift Removal of Product Ads for Mercury-Added Cosmetics amid 8.8 Online Shopping Sale
August 10, 2022 ·
Press Release Toxics Watchdog Group Presses Swift Removal of Product Ads for Mercury-Added Cosmetics amid 8.8 Online Shopping Sale 8 August 2022, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition for the nth time urged online shopping platforms to take down ads for skin whitening cosmetics banned or flagged by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for containing […]
Read More...Philippines refuses to cooperate in ICC trial over drug war
August 10, 2022 · By UCANews for www.ucanews.com
Philippines refuses to cooperate in ICC trial over drug war Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr says he has no plan to rejoin the International Criminal Court where a tribunal’s prosecutor is seeking to resume a probe into the ex-president’s deadly drug war. Rodrigo Duterte, who left office on June 30, pulled the Philippines out of […]
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