Street children need shelter not a jail cell

Lowering the age of criminal liability for children compounds the failure of govt to look out for their welfare UCAN by Father Shay Cullen, Manila Philippines March 15, 2017 I first saw Rosi, a six-year-old girl, inside a police detention cell in Olongapo City’s red light district. Remembering that day, I am…

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Palawan: “We Need Our Land Not Oil Palms!”

Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte has identified oil palm development as one of the key industries that, according to him, could boost the country’s economy.  He has indicated both Palawan and Mindanao as the new frontiers for oil palm expansion. The former is also known as the ‘last frontier’ for its dense forest…

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Vatican’s Position on the Death Penalty

Here is the Vatican-provided text of the discourse delivered yesterday, March 1, 2017, by Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, to the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council, Biennial High-Level Panel on “The Death Penalty:” Statement…

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