January, 2023
Warning Out on Toxic Cadmium and Lead in Lucky Charms and Amulets
January 19, 2023 · By EcoWaste Coalition for journal.com.ph
Warning Out on Toxic Cadmium and Lead in Lucky Charms and Amulets (Group tells manufacturers to label their products and provide hazard warnings) 18 January 2023, Quezon City. As the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition cautioned luck seekers from purchasing charms and amulets containing highly hazardous chemicals cadmium and lead. […]
Read More...Aboitiz Power to add to Luzon grid capacity
January 19, 2023 · By Eireene Jairee Gomez for www.manilatimes.net
Aboitiz Power to add to Luzon grid capacity ABOITIZ Power Corp. (AboitizPower), through subsidiary AP Renewables Inc., is set to add an additional source of clean energy to the Luzon grid with its new 17-megawatt (MW) Tiwi binary geothermal power plant project in Tiwi, Albay. The company broke ground for the soon-to-rise binary plant, to […]
Read More...The Scourge of the Social Media, how it steal our lives and that of youth
January 18, 2023 · By Ben Joseph for www.ucanews.com
Filipinos, who are mainly Catholics, spend an average of nearly 11 hours online per day, which is 60 percent more than the global average. Next in line among the Asian nations is Malaysia, whose citizens spend more than 9 hours a day, with Indonesians and Thais not far behind. Among the South East Asian nations, […]
Read More...EcoWaste Coalition Finds Another Brand of Thai Skin Cosmetics Laden with Toxic Mercury
January 18, 2023 ·
EcoWaste Coalition Finds Another Brand of Thai Skin Cosmetics Laden with Toxic Mercury 14 January 2023, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition continues to uncover dangerous mercury-added cosmetics imported from Thailand, which are sold locally online. Following its discovery last year of nine Thai skin whitening cosmetics containing mercury, including eight facial […]
Read More...Vatican replaces Indian bishop accused of serious crimes
January 18, 2023 · By Michael Gonsalves, Pune for www.ucanews.com
Vatican replaces Indian bishop accused of serious crimes An Indian Catholic bishop probed by a Vatican-appointed team of bishops for alleged involvement in serious crimes like murder, rape and misappropriation of church funds, has been ordered to “take a period of absence from the ministry.” Bishop Kannikadass A William of Mysore (now Mysuru) has been replaced by retired Archbishop […]
Read More...A case of clerical child rape
January 13, 2023 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
A case of clerical child rape Fr. Shay Cullen 14 January 2023 The many incidents of child sexual abuse by clerics has shamed thousands of good bishops and priests who have been justly angered by the rampant and tolerated child sexual abuse of their fellow pedophile priests and some bishops. They feel helpless when their […]
Read More...Former altar boy’s father to press on with abuse case against Pell
January 12, 2023 · By AFP, Sydney for www.ucanews.com
Former altar boy’s father to press on with abuse case against Pell The father of a former altar boy will press ahead with legal action against Cardinal George Pell’s estate over the alleged sexual abuse of his son, his lawyers said Wednesday. Shine Lawyers said they would continue to pursue the claim against any estate […]
Read More...World mourns Cardinal Pell as important church figure
January 12, 2023 · By Paulina Guzik, OSV News for www.ucanews.com
World mourns Cardinal Pell as important church figure Cardinal George Pell, considered one of the most important figures in the contemporary church, is being remembered around the globe as a courageous leader, a fine priest and a man of great suffering. “The church in Australia and around the world is deeply saddened at the sudden […]
Read More...Former school rugby coach admits abusing two boys
January 12, 2023 · By Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent for www.rte.ie
Former school rugby coach admits abusing two boys A retired school teacher and rugby coach has admitted sexually abusing two boys at a south Dublin school over 40 years ago. John McClean, of Casimir Avenue, Harold’s Cross in Dublin pleaded guilty at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court this morning to two counts of indecently assaulting […]
Read More...The era of fear and impunity is coming to a close in many countries, but not the Philippine
January 11, 2023 ·
The era of fear and impunity is coming to a close in many countries, but not the Philippine There are serious and profound changes taking place in the Catholic Church to acknowledge and prevent child sexual abuse by clerics and laypeople. The number of priests convicted in the Philippines is zero. Clerical child abuse has […]
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