April, 2024
Indian Missiles In South China Sea! Philippines To Receive BrahMos Missiles From Tomorrow – Source
April 29, 2024 · By Ritu Sharma for www.eurasiantimes.com
Indian Missiles In South China Sea! Philippines To Receive BrahMos Missiles From Tomorrow – Source Story updated with inputs from BrahMos source. An Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster and Russian Il-76 will take off tomorrow for the South China Sea with important cargo that will help balance China’s increasing might in the region. An official, […]
Read More...Negros political detainees to hold another fast against rights violations
April 29, 2024 · By Raymund B. Villanueva for philippines.licas.news
Negros political detainees to hold another fast against rights violations Political prisoners in Negros are set to hold another 24-hour fast on Friday, April 19, to demand thorough and impartial investigations by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on reported human rights violations since July 2022. The families and friends of political prisoners under the […]
Read More...International human rights group denounces attacks on peasant advocate in Cavite
April 29, 2024 · By LiCAS News for philippines.licas.news
International human rights group denounces attacks on peasant advocate in Cavite The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) has voiced strong opposition against the Philippine military’s alleged harassment and red-tagging of Jeverlyn Seguin. Seguin is a peasant rights advocate in Cavite province, who serves as the deputy General Secretary of the peasant […]
Read More...Portuguese Catholic Church Announces It Will Compensate Victims of Sex Abuse
April 29, 2024 · By Associated Press for www.usnews.com
Portuguese Catholic Church Announces It Will Compensate Victims of Sex Abuse MADRID (AP) — The Portuguese Catholic Church said Thursday it has unanimously agreed to pay some form of compensation to victims of sex abuse by clergy. The country’s Bishops Conference said after a four-day general assembly meeting at the Fatima shrine that it will set […]
Read More...Portugal’s Catholic Church to compensate sexual abuse victims
April 29, 2024 · By Catarina Demony, Miguel Pereira, Reuters for www.gmanetwork.com
Portugal’s Catholic Church to compensate sexual abuse victims FATIMA, Portugal – Portugal’s Catholic Church said on Thursday it will financially compensate victims of child sexual abuse within the Church, setting the amounts to be paid on a case-by-case basis, an approach survivors’ groups have criticized. Members of Portugal’s Bishops’ Conference (CEP) have been meeting since […]
Read More...The poor suffer most from global warming
April 26, 2024 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The poor suffer most from global warming Fr. Shay Cullen 27 April 2024 It is the poor that suffer the most from global warming. They are in despair of escaping poverty and they endure the unbearable life in the slums where the incredible heat relentlessly beats down. With the average temperatures ranging from 36-40 degrees […]
Read More...China to relocate Buddhist monastery in Tibet
April 25, 2024 · By UCA News Reporter for www.ucanews.com
China to relocate Buddhist monastery in Tibet Chinese authorities have begun relocating a 19th-century Buddhist monastery in Tibet that is expected to be submerged underwater after the completion of the world’s tallest 3D-printed hydropower dam, says a report. The relocation of the Atsok Gon Dechen Choekhorling Monastery in Dragkar County began following an order from […]
Read More...Fighting subsides in Myanmar
April 25, 2024 · By UCA News Reporter for www.ucanews.com
Fighting subsides in Myanmar Heavy fighting near Shwe Kokko – a notorious organized crime hub – on the Thai border had subsided by April 12 after some 500 troops loyal to Myanmar’s ruling junta reportedly dispersed with some surrendering to forces aligned with the Karen National Union (KNU). A substantial loss of territory and control by the […]
Read More...Biggest Philippine drug bust triggers call for reform
April 25, 2024 · By Ronald O. Reyes for www.ucanews.com
Biggest Philippine drug bust triggers call for reform A top rights activist has slammed the Philippines government for its poor handling of drug trafficking and called for reform in drug war policy following the biggest illegal drug bust in the country’s history. Police seized about two tons or 2,000 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu, […]
Read More...Hydroelectric plants running below capacity due to El Niño, group reports
April 25, 2024 · By Raymund B. Villanueva for philippines.licas.news
Hydroelectric plants running below capacity due to El Niño, group reports Seventy percent of hydroelectric plants in the country are running below capacity due to the effects of El Niño, with Luzon forecast to suffer further decreases in power supply output this year. Citing Department of Energy (DOE) data, the Institute for Climate and Sustainable […]
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