Philippine News
Philippine presidential hopeful Duterte draws flak for Francis insults
December 7, 2015 · By Joe Torres for www.ucanews.com
Joe Torres, Manila Philippines December 1, 2015 A controversial Philippine mayor, running for president in next year’s elections, has drawn the wrath of Catholic bishops after he cursed Pope Francis in a speech on national television on Nov. 30. Davao City mayor, Rodrigo Duterte, drew flak after using offensive language to criticize Pope Francis for […]
Read More...Duterte to CBCP: Ask me to withdraw and I will
December 3, 2015 · By Pia Ranada for www.rappler.com
Duterte says cursing the Pope was a ‘slip of the tongue,’ and also challenges bishops to answer for sexual abuses of priests MANILA, Philippines – After being slammed by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) for cursing Pope Francis, Rodrigo Duterte said he would withdraw if the body asks, but would challenge bishops […]
Read More...Duterte on criminals: ‘Kill all of them’
December 1, 2015 · By Germelina Lacorte for newsinfo.inquirer.net
Davao mayor says concept of human rights for thugs is Western not for PH Inquirer Mindanao DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Mayor Rodrigo Duterte minced no words in revealing the city government’s secret in keeping a peace and order regimen that had earned for the city the tag of one of the world’s safest—make criminals extinct by killing […]
Read More...Judges’ killings mock Aquino’s governance record
December 1, 2015 · By The Manila Times News for www.manilatimes.net
WHILE committing our country to the global war on terrorism, President Aquino will do well to also devote some of his attention and energies instead to stopping the wave of killings and assassinations of the nation’s judges—a problem that is as real and immediate as the latest reports from Paris and elsewhere. This menace at […]
Read More...Philippine cardinal calls for troop withdrawal from tribal lands.
November 18, 2015 ·
Indigenous communities are victims of an intensifying conflict in Mindanao Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila has called on the Philippine government to withdraw troops from tribal communities after thousands of indigenous people in the southern region of Mindanao fled their homes because of alleged atrocities committed by soldiers. “We call on our government […]
Read More...A CRY FOR JUSTICE, RADIO INTERVIEW
November 18, 2015 ·
Dear All. This is the link to a radio interview with me in the Philipiines DZRJ Miguel Gil on the 5th November. The interview is about the continuing injustice that I suffer and have been suffering for 2 and half years following an unfair trial by the hands of Judge Philip Salvador following the planting […]
Read More...Swedes jailed for life for running cybersex den
October 15, 2015 · By Philippine News for m.gulfnews.com
Pair guilty of human trafficking, court rules Manila: A court sentenced two Swedes to life imprisonment for operating a cybersex den that employed 17 minor Filipina models in the southern Philippines, a local paper said. The Sun star reported that Judge Jeoffre W. Acebido of the regional trial court of Misamis Oriental, in a […]
Read More...Philippine prelate urges clergy to shun politics
October 13, 2015 · By ucanews.com reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A senior church leader in the Philippines warned members of the clergy not to run for elected office in the 2016 national elections. “Priests should serve the church. There is a way of serving the people as a priest,” said retired Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales of Manila. “Church law prohibits it,” said Cardinal Rosales, as the […]
Read More...In southern Philippines, victims of prostitution are getting younger
October 13, 2015 · By Jefry Tupas, Davao City for www.ucanews.com
Marie is expecting to have a baby in February next year. It’s no easy ordeal for the 16-year-old girl who lives in a Davao City slum. Every evening, Marie and her 14-year old lesbian partner, Lea, roam the streets of the city to look for clients. The young lovers are among the city’s prostituted children. […]
Read More...Danish national faces raps for bringing a minor.
September 11, 2015 ·
A 68-year-old Danish national is facing trial for bringing to his hotel room a 16-year-old Cebuana whom he met through a dating website. Peter Sten Schibbye was charged before the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office with child abuse or violation of Republic Act 7610 , the the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination […]
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