Philippine News
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 […]
Read More...WB official lauds DSWD programs
September 11, 2015 ·
PROGRAMS of the Department of Social Welfare and Development received praises from the World Bank. But a key official cautioned the importance of close monitoring so it will not be subject to abuse. “You have to keep on monitoring this.. (You should) have a maximum accountability and where there is not, you go after the […]
Read More...Coal power plants in Bataan commit human rights violations.
September 9, 2015 ·
Ash fall is just the tip of the iceberg. Residents of a Bataan town are facing violence and harassment amidst the fight against their eviction from their own land to accommodate the new coal-fired power plants Clinker and ash from coal are seen in seabeds in Lucanin, Mariveles, Bataan. All photos from Nuclear Free Bataan […]
Read More...School head, 2 lumad leaders killed in Surigao del Sur.
September 9, 2015 ·
The victims are known for their firm position on ancestral lands and their campaign against human rights violations targeting indigenous peoples A school director and two community leaders were killed by a paramilitary group in Lianga, Surigao del Sur, on Tuesday, September 1, according to a human rights group. Karapatan said that Emerico Samarte, executive […]
Read More...Rural missionaries group condemns murder of a Lumad school executive, Lumad leader and cousin in Surigao del Sur
September 3, 2015 · By Philippine News
Manila, Philippines – The Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) strongly condemned the merciless killing of Emerito Samarca, Executive Director of Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development (Alcadev) together with Malahutayong Pakigbisog alang sa Sumusunod (Mapasu) chairperson Jionel Campos and his cousin Aurelio Sinzo who were killed by alleged members of para-military group […]
Read More...ICT on upswing but PH still has costliest, slowest Internet.
August 30, 2015 ·
MANILA, Philippines — Despite a continued upswing in the Philippines’ information and communications technology (ICT) sector this year, its Internet services are still among the most expensive and slowest in Asia, research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) said. IDC said, however, that the newly-implemented minimum broadband speed for fixed-line services is a step closer to […]
Read More...“She (Justice Secretary De Lima) says I killed only 1,000? That’s cheap – Duterte
August 30, 2015 ·
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – More than 3,000 vehicles coming from different parts of the country converged here in the city on Friday, August 28, for one mission: to convince the city mayor, Rodrigo Duterte, to run for president. Colorful streamers and banners bearing the face and name of the tough-talking mayor covered the city’s Rizal […]
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