Topic: Philippines
American ship captain in sex trysts with Filipino children arrested
October 16, 2009 ·
News Release, October 16, 2009 First District Cotabato Rep. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza Cotabato Rep. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza has lauded the arrest of an American ship captain who allegedly prostituted Filipino children on several occasions during visits to Manila. Taliño-Mendoza, a crusader against the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and women, credited the close cooperation of […]
Read More...Philippines: UN Group Should Highlight Killings of Children
September 14, 2009 · , Press Manila to Investigate and Prosecute ‘Death Squads’ Human Rights Watch,
New York) – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child should press the Philippines government to take meaningful steps to investigate death squad killings and prosecute the perpetrators, Human Rights Watch said today. On September 15, 2009, the committee is reviewing the Philippines’ compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the […]
Read More...US REPORT: RP has high child labor incidence
September 12, 2009 · By By Kristine L. Alave, Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines?The Philippines is one of the countries with a significant incidence of child labor in the agricultural sector, according to a report from the US Department of Labor. The report lists the goods produced using child and forced labor in the 77 countries studied. According to the department Bureau of International Labor Affairs, the […]
Read More...CHR: Davao lot yields 'human remains'
July 8, 2009 · By Katherine Adraneda, The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – The continuing investigation of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) into the Davao death squad has yielded skeletal remains at a privately owned property, believed to be the dumping ground of bodies of victims of summary killings in Davao City, the human rights body said yesterday. Armed with a search warrant issued […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 148
May 15, 2009 ·
Contents: Vigilante killings in Davao alarm UN Police investigate summary killings in Metro Manila Killing by Davao death squads continues, priest laments Vigilante killings in Davao alarm UN By Nikko Dizon Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 01:20:00 05/11/2009 Filed Under: Human Rights,Crime and Law and Justice,political killings MANILA, Philippines‹Vigilante-style executions in Davao City have “significantly […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 148
May 15, 2009 ·
Week: May 11-15, 2009 Contents: Vigilante killings in Davao alarm UN Police investigate summary killings in Metro Manila Killing by Davao death squads continues, priest laments Vigilante killings in Davao alarm UN By Nikko Dizon Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 01:20:00 05/11/2009 Filed Under: Human Rights,Crime and Law and Justice,political killings MANILA, Philippines‹Vigilante-style executions in […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 148
May 15, 2009 ·
Week: May 11-15, 2009 Contents: Vigilante killings in Davao alarm UN Police investigate summary killings in Metro Manila Killing by Davao death squads continues, priest laments Vigilante killings in Davao alarm UN By Nikko Dizon Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 01:20:00 05/11/2009 Filed Under: Human Rights,Crime and Law and Justice,political killings MANILA, Philippines‹Vigilante-style executions in […]
Read More...GOVERNMENT LINKED ASSASSINATIONS CONTINUE AS DAVAO DEATH SQUAD IGNORES UN
May 11, 2009 · , Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines‹Since 1998, there have been more than 800 victims of unexplained killings in Davao City. Because most of the victims had criminal records, the murders were blamed on a vigilante group, known as the Davao Death Squad (DDS). While driving his Yamaha motorcycle, a family man was shot dead by four unidentified men who […]
Read More...CHR probes 800 kills by Davao death squad
March 31, 2009 · By Jeffrey M. Tupas, Nikko Dizon, Inquirer Mindanao
DAVAO CITY-Charges and stout denials flew as the Philippines’ top human rights watchdog body Monday launched an unprecedented inquiry into what it called “one of the most audacious violations against the right to life in our times.” The two-day public inquiry by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chaired by Leila de Lima was spurred […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 147
February 6, 2009 ·
Week: February 02-06, 2009 Contents: Mayor to CHR: Probe Davao Death Squad Police investigate summary killings in Metro Manila Killing by Davao death squads continues, priest laments Mayor to CHR: Probe Davao Death Squad SUN STAR DAVAO, By Ben O. Tesiorna Wednesday, February 4, 2009 DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte urges the Commission on Human […]
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