August, 2022
Georgia day care employees charged with child abuse of 3-year-old caught on video
August 4, 2022 · By Allie Griffin for nypost.com
Georgia day care employees charged with child abuse of 3-year-old caught on video Two workers at a church day care in Georgia have been charged in a child abuse case for allegedly slamming around a 3-year-old boy in a caught-on-video incident. The Clarkston Police Department issued arrest warrants Friday for Bernetta Glover and Autumn Coney on […]
Read More...Christian group slates Duterte over human trafficking
August 4, 2022 · By Joseph Peter Calleja for www.ucanews.com
Philippine president is told clean governance and ending corruption are key to eliminating modern slavery Christian group slates Duterte over human trafficking A group of Catholics and evangelicals in the Philippines has challenged President Rodrigo Duterte to end human trafficking by stamping out corruption by state officials. The Philippine Interfaith Movement Against Human Trafficking, also […]
Read More...Three life sentences for father who raped his daughter
August 4, 2022 · By Francis B. Bermido Jr.
Three life sentences for father who raped his daughter Francis B. Bermido Jr. 4 August 2022 After eleven years of being together, the parents of Mady and her two siblings argued for the last time and her mother walked out of the family and abandoned her three children in 2020. The children were shocked and […]
Read More...Faith groups praised for response during Covid pandemic
August 3, 2022 · By Paul Jeffrey, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
Faith groups praised for response during Covid pandemic Leaders of the global response to HIV and AIDS who gathered in Montreal for the International AIDS Conference praised faith leaders for their contribution to fighting the four decade-old pandemic. “Faith leaders have helped to keep us on track. You have provided hope to millions of people […]
Read More...‘Drug mules’ fill women’s jails in Hong Kong
August 3, 2022 · By AFP for www.ucanews.com
‘Drug mules’ fill women’s jails in Hong Kong Zoila Lecarnaque Saavedra sealed her fate when she agreed to transport a package from Peru to Hong Kong — a decision that landed her more than eight years in prison. A quarter of Hong Kong’s prisoners are women, a record-high percentage skewed by impoverished foreign drug mules […]
Read More...Zubiri: Bill seeking special protection vs. online sexual abuse lapsed into law
August 3, 2022 · By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News for www.gmanetwork.com
Zubiri: Bill seeking special protection vs. online sexual abuse lapsed into law The bill which seeks special protection against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children has lapsed into law, according to Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri. Zubiri on Tuesday released to Senate reporters a list of proposed measures that have lapsed into law, including […]
Read More...Nuclear annihilation just one miscalculation away, UN chief warns
August 2, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Nuclear annihilation just one miscalculation away, UN chief warns The world is one misstep from devastating nuclear war and in peril not seen since the Cold War, the UN Secretary General has warned. “We have been extraordinarily lucky so far,” Antonio Guterres said. Amid rising global tensions, “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away […]
Read More...Philippine ex-President Fidel Ramos dies at 94
August 2, 2022 · By Aljazeera News for www.aljazeera.com
A career military man, Ramos was the first Protestant to win the top office in the overwhelmingly Catholic nation. Philippine ex-President Fidel Ramos dies at 94 Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos, who oversaw a rare period of steady growth and peace that won him the reputation as one of the country’s most effective leaders ever, […]
Read More...Indian pastor arrested for alleged human trafficking
August 2, 2022 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Indian pastor arrested for alleged human trafficking A protestant pastor and his two associates were arrested by police in the southern Indian state of Kerala on suspicion of being involved in the trafficking of minor girls. Police said they have rescued 12 girls, aged between nine and 12, traveling with the three men who were […]
Read More...Police hunt for Sri Lankan priest deplored
August 2, 2022 · By Quintus Colombage for www.ucanews.com
Police hunt for Sri Lankan priest deplored Rights defenders and church officials in Sri Lanka have deplored the police raid on a remote parish church allegedly to search for a Catholic priest who has been a key figure in anti-government protests in the crisis-hit nation. Police raided the church at Ratnapura in Sabaragamuwa Province of […]
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