Tag Archives: Country: Philippines

CWA reports: “n their attempt to globalize their anti-life agenda, International Planned Parenthood, along with other international pro-abortion groups like the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has fixed its sights on the Philippines. The Filipino legislature is contemplating a comprehensive …

In U.S. v. Seljan 2008 WL 4661700 (9th Cir. Oct. 23, 2008), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the conviction of John W. Seljan “for multiple offenses primarily involving sexual misconduct with young children in the Philippines.”

The AP reports: “The Philippine Supreme Court threw out on Tuesday a proposed accord to grant minority Muslims expanded autonomy after Christian protests and renewed fighting convinced the government to abandon the deal.”

Archbishop Paciano B. Aniceto, a prominent bishop from the Philippines, on Thursday said he is confident the country’s lawmakers will not pass a “reproductive health” bill that recommends a “two-child policy” and funding sterilizations and contraceptive distribution.

LifeSiteNews.com reports: “The Philippine Court of Appeals recently rejected claims made by a radical pro-abortion group based in New York. The court dismissed an effort seeking to overturn an executive order promoting natural family planning.  The petition was filed earlier …

CNA reports: “Thousands of Catholics in two southern Philippines cities on Monday demonstrated against a government agreement granting Muslims more territory and political and economic powers.”

The Bill is overtly about state intervention into people’s private lives by strongly promoting contraception and its enforced provision, state run sex education with potential undermining of parental influence, and denying conscientious objection.

The Manila Times reports: The Supreme Court on Monday stopped the government from signing a peace agreement with Muslim separatist insurgents in southern Philippines, in another apparent setback to efforts to end nearly four decades of rebellion there. A temporary …

CWNews reports: “Four Filipino Christians were killed, and another is missing after an apparent attack by Islamic terrorists, the AsiaNews service reports.”

LifeSiteNews.com reports: “During yesterday’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo reaffirmed her support for natural family planning over artificial methods such as condoms and pills, and declared her endorsement of the Catholic Church’s position on reproductive health …

We are worried over a galloping population growth . . . But it is also true that every child that is born has as well a pair of hands with the potential to create wealth. In that sense, a newborn child is a potential asset rather than a liability.

CNA reports: Catholic bishop in the southern Philippines’ Basilan province has received a letter from self-described “Muslim warriors” possibly linked to Abu Sayyaf who are threatening him with harm if he does not convert to Islam or pay “Islamic taxes.” …

CNA News reports: Thousands of Catholic faithful are expected to attend a prayer rally and march at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila on Friday in protest of a proposed population policy. Some policy provisions would permit government funding …

The BBC reports: “The Philippine government and a separatist rebel group have agreed to expand an autonomous Muslim region in the south of the country.”

LifeNews.com reports: Throughout his article, titled “Birthrates Help Keep Filipinos in Poverty,” Harden painted a bleak picture of “the fastest-growing segment of the Philippine population,” which is “very poor people with large families,” and sought to blame their poverty and …

The 52-year-old farmer told UCA News on April 10 that since his kidney was taken, his body has weakened. His hand trembled as he lifted a coffee cup at his home in Langgawisan . . . Caballes sold his kidney for a little more than the equivalent of US$1,000 . . .

. . . guerrillas released Omar Taup after his family paid a ransom of 200,000 pesos (US$4,880).

Cherry Ann T. Lim reports on SunStar.com (2.18.2008): “Figures from the Department of Justice (DOJ) show that while 109 cases of human trafficking had been received and investigated from 2003-2005, only 22 cases had been filed.”

The Philippine Embassy here has claimed that human trafficking of Filipinos is at an all-time high in Singapore.