February, 2024
Fifty years of Preda Healing Therapy for abused children
February 12, 2024 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Fifty years of Preda Healing Therapy for abused children Fr. Shay Cullen 11 February 2024 It has been a good start to 2024 for the work of the Preda Foundation that is celebrating its golden 50th anniversary of service rescuing, protecting, healing and empowering children after their ordeal of being trafficked and sexually abused by […]
Read More...Buhawen Organic Mango Farmers Association of Pili
February 8, 2024 · By Preda Fairtrade News
Buhawen Organic Mango Farmers Association of Pili The Buhawen Organic Mango Farmers Association of Pili has taken a big step towards a more sustainable future. At a recent community meeting-seminar in Lumibao, 66 enthusiastic participants voted to rename their group to Samahan ng Magmamanggang Organik ng Aeta Mag Indi ng Sitio Lumibao, officially marking their […]
Read More...When dead children are just the price of doing business, Zuckerberg’s apology is empty
February 7, 2024 ·
When dead children are just the price of doing business, Zuckerberg’s apology is empty don’t generally approve of blood sports but I’m happy to make an exception for the hunting and baiting of Silicon Valley executives in a congressional committee room. But then I like expensive, pointless spectacles. And waterboarding tech CEOs in Congress is right up […]
Read More...EcoWaste Coalition Exposes Nonstop Use of Online Shopping Sites to Sell Mercury-Containing Skin Whitening Products
February 7, 2024 · By EcoWaste Coalition for journal.com.ph
Quezon City. On the eve of the 2.2 online shopping sales, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition reprimanded online shopping giants for their dismal failure to rid their platforms of products containing hazardous substances such as mercury. Despite restricted item policies, third party online sellers are still able to advertise and sell products that have […]
Read More...Myanmar’s military junta is losing power, but the fight isn’t over
February 7, 2024 · By THITINAN PONGSUDHIRAK for www.theglobeandmail.com
Myanmar’s military junta is losing power, but the fight isn’t over Thitinan Pongsudhirak is a professor at Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Political Science and a senior fellow at its Institute of Security and International Studies. As autocratic leaders gain influence, if not power, in more countries than proponents of democracy care to count, Myanmar is […]
Read More...Myanmar rebels seek to topple the military junta
February 7, 2024 · By PRASHANTH PARAMESWARAN for www.gisreportsonline.com
Myanmar rebels seek to topple the military junta ince late October, a coordinated offensive by resistance forces in Myanmar has posed a stiff challenge to the ruling military that overthrew the democratically elected government three years ago. The coup triggered a civil war that is gaining force today, especially since the autumn start of the […]
Read More...Myanmar’s Troubled History: Coups, Military Rule, and Ethnic Conflict
February 7, 2024 · By Lindsay Maizland for www.cfr.org
Myanmar’s Troubled History: Coups, Military Rule, and Ethnic Conflict Introduction Throughout its decades of independence, Myanmar has struggled with military rule, civil war, poor governance, and widespread poverty. A military coup in February 2021 dashed hopes for democratic reforms in the Southeast Asian nation. Myanmar has now entered a violent new chapter. The military, known […]
Read More...Who has blood on their hands?
February 2, 2024 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Who has blood on their hands? Fr. Shay Cullen 3 February 2024 “You have blood on your hands, your product is killing people.” This is the shocking challenge and accusation made to the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerber, by Sen. Lindsey Graham during a US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child safety. Parents beware, […]
Read More...Myanmar Regime’s Violence Continues Unabated Despite Plea From ASEAN
February 1, 2024 · By The Irrawaddy for www.irrawaddy.com
Myanmar Regime’s Violence Continues Unabated Despite Plea From ASEAN The Association of South East Asian Nations called for the immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar on Saturday, but the junta’s brutality has continued unabated. Even as the ASEAN leaders sat with coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in Jakarta on Saturday, his troops killed at least […]
Read More...Voiceless of Asia: Myanmar’s displaced find shelter in Buddhist pagodas, monasteries
February 1, 2024 · By UCANEWS for www.ucanews.com
Myanmar’s displaced find shelter in Buddhist pagodas, monasteries An armed conflict that began on Oct. 26 between the Myanmar Armed Forces, various ethnic armed organizations, and the People’s Defense Forces, significantly impacted the Northeast and Southeast regions of the country. Some 25,700 individuals in Northern Shan, Bago East, and Kayin have reportedly been newly displaced, […]
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