Topic: Philippines
Philippines divided over US return to Subic Bay
November 28, 2012 · , Lindsay Murdoch | November 20, 2012
Child prostitution in the Philippines Veteran campaigner Father Shay Cullen talks to Lindsay Murdoch about the issues of child prostitution and the return of US forces to Subic Bay in the Philippines. The anti-child sex crusading priest Shay Cullen plans to mobilise Filipinos to protest against the return of United States forces to the former […]
Read More...US Navy investigates Subic waste dumping
November 13, 2012 · , Robert Gonzaga, Inquirer Central Luzon
The United States Navy has opened an investigation into allegations that its contractor for cleaning its ships docked here has been dumping hazardous waste on Subic Bay. In an e-mailed statement on Saturday, Cynthia Cook, deputy press attaché of the US Embassy in Manila, said the US Navy had “initiated its own inquiry into allegations […]
Read More...Should the Philippines decriminalize prostitution? – UN-backed report on sex workers splits Philippine opinion
November 5, 2012 · , Kerima Bulan T. Navales, Davao City Philippines, October 25, 2012
Ana Luisa Calix was only 15 years old when she was raped. A friend, who she trusted, sold her to a rapist. Thus began her rapid descent into prostitution in Davao, the largest city in Mindanao. Trapped in a world where girls of her age are easily and readily exploited, she had nobody to turn […]
Read More...Aquino told: Stop the killings in Philippines
October 30, 2012 · , SunStar
PHILIPPINE solidarity groups in New Zealand expressed their concern over the reported increase in the number of activists and journalists killed under Philippine President Benigno Aquino III’s administration. Gathered at the farm of milk-producing cows in New Zealand, members of the Philippines Solidarity Network of Aotearoa (PSNA) noted that 1,000 activists and journalists were killed […]
Read More...PNoy SIGNED CYBERCRIME PREVENTION ACT
September 19, 2012 · , Aurea Calica, Manila, September 17, 2012 (PHILSTAR)
President Aquino signed on Wednesday Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 that will punish libel online and combat Internet-related offenses in the country. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said over radio dzRB yesterday that among the punishable acts under the new law are offenses against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of […]
Read More...God bless the poor God bless the victims of injustice
September 4, 2012 · By Belinda Parrenas, Holy Family
I was touched by the article of Father Shay Cullen entitled, Helping others directs us on our path to happiness (Mabuhay, June 10), especially where he wrote, “To believe in justice, but not to help victims is hypocrisy.” In other words, intelligence is nothing unless it is exercised and there is no point teaching about […]
Read More...Jailing kids no answer to rising criminality, says DSWD exec
May 23, 2012 · By Leila B. Salaverria, Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Philippines will not solve the problem of rising criminality by sending more children to jail., The Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) has opposed a House bill seeking to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility to over 12 years old.
Read More...Gov't urged to help coconut growers diversify amid copra price plunge
May 19, 2012 · By Former Sen. Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri, Press Statement
With copra prices plummeting, a former senator has urged government to help coconut farmers diversify and build viable cooperatives. “Diversification is key to the economic survival of small growers facing severe hardship, with the farm-gate price of copra now down to as low as P15 per kilo from P40 a year ago,” said former Sen. […]
Read More...Angeles City, the second largest sex tourism city in the world
April 26, 2012 · By Peter St. Cyr & Gadi Schwartz, US Media
A Bernalillo County Commissioner with a history of making inappropriate sexual comments in Albuquerque may be in more trouble half way around the world. A Seattle photographer, who has been documenting sex tourism in the Philippines, told KOB’s 4 On Your Side team he had a disturbing conversation with Commissioner Michael Wiener in Angeles City, […]
Read More...1.7M kids call Metro slums home
February 28, 2012 · By Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Barely into his teens, “Dennis” used to retrieve stray balls from a golf course for a fee of P5 each.
That was before he and his fellow street urchins realized that Quezon City was one big quarry for anyone who had their youthful speed and daring.
