October, 2022
Prayer for Strength to Overcome
October 30, 2022 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Prayer for Strength to Overcome When strong storms blow like challenges and temptations you Lord give us strength to overcome and do what is just and right. To follow your example and know you are with us, You said “come follow me I am the way and the life” you show us the way to […]
Read More...CHR welcomes visit to PH of UNSR on sale, sexual exploitation of children
October 28, 2022 · By Czarina Nicole Ong Ki for mb.com.ph
CHR welcomes visit to PH of UNSR on sale, sexual exploitation of children The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) looks forward to the visit starting Nov. 28 of Ms. Mama Fatima Singhateh, United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on the sale and sexual exploitation of children. It said the visit was on invitation of the Philippines […]
Read More...Convicted embassy worker liable under PH laws: SolGen
October 28, 2022 · By Benjamin Pulta for www.pna.gov.ph
Convicted embassy worker liable under PH laws: SolGen MANILA – Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday said convicted sex offender, Dean Cheves, should eventually be held accountable in the Philippines and not just in the United States. “He (Cheves) is accountable not only under US laws but more so under Philippine laws,” Guevarra said in […]
Read More...Climate change: UN warns key warming threshold slipping from sight
October 28, 2022 · By Matt McGrath, Environment correspondent for www.bbc.com
Climate change: UN warns key warming threshold slipping from sight There is “no credible pathway” to keep the rise in global temperatures below the key threshold of 1.5C, according to a bleak new UN assessment. Scientists believe that going beyond 1.5C would see dangerous impacts for people all over the world. The report says that since COP26 […]
Read More...Climate justice is the right of the poor
October 28, 2022 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Climate justice is the right of the poor Fr. Shay Cullen 28 October 2022 When I hike into the hills and mountains of Zambales with the Aeta indigenous farmers, their children and families, we are usually on a trek with the Preda fair trade team to plant grafted mango saplings, calamansi or rambutan trees. This […]
Read More...Education department eyes boost to abuse probers
October 27, 2022 · By Jane Bautista - Reporter for newsinfo.inquirer.net
Education department eyes boost to abuse probers MANILA, Philippines — To ensure the protection of students against abuse, the Department of Education (DepEd) is looking at boosting its Child Protection Unit (CPU), which formulates policies related to children’s rights in basic education. “We would like to strengthen [it] because it’s mostly [an] advocacy at this point,” Michael […]
Read More...CHR welcomes UNSR probe on alleged child abuse incidence in PH
October 27, 2022 · By Rio N. Araja for manilastandard.net
CHR welcomes UNSR probe on alleged child abuse incidence in PH The Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday cited the upcoming visit to the Philippines of the United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) in connection with the alleged sale and sexual exploitation of children. UNSR Mama Fatima Singhateh is scheduled to be in Manila on Nov. […]
Read More...COP27: Prioritise climate or face catastrophe – UN chief
October 27, 2022 · By Georgina Rannard, BBC News Climate and Science for www.bbc.com
COP27: Prioritise climate or face catastrophe – UN chief Countries must re-prioritise climate change or the world faces catastrophe, the UN chief has told BBC News. Secretary General António Guterres was speaking in New York ahead of a major climate conference in Egypt. “There has been a tendency to put climate change on the back […]
Read More...Iligan cops file charges vs man for alleged online sexual abuse of 29 kids
October 27, 2022 · By MERLYN MANOS for www.rappler.com
Iligan cops file charges vs man for alleged online sexual abuse of 29 kids ILIGAN, Philippines – Authorities have filed charges against a suspected online predator for allegedly abusing more than two dozen children in Iligan, a city where the rate of such crime has been described as alarming. Police on Tuesday, October 25, identified […]
Read More...Role of women in preventing/investigating/prosecuting cybercrime
October 26, 2022 · By Council of Europe for www.coe.int
Role of women in preventing/investigating/prosecuting cybercrime Cyberviolence is an increasing problem worldwide and is often gender-based and targeting women and girls. Istanbul Convention (Art.3) violence against women is “…all acts of gender-based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such […]
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