American faces child abuse raps
By Joey Gabieta
An American is facing child abuse and human trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting boys whom he gave money for sexual favors.
An American is facing child abuse and human trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting boys whom he gave money for sexual favors.
It was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. A Filipina domestic helper died in Hong Kong after a Chinese woman, who jumped from the rooftop of a building in an apparent suicide attempt, fell on her, according to a report received by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Office in Eastern Visayas (OWWA-8) from the agency’s office in Hong Kong.
PALO, Leyte, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday said the Philippine government had requested the US government to be more liberal in processing compensation claims of Filipino war veterans. Speaking during the 67th Leyte Gulf Landings commemorative program Thursday, Mr. Aquino said Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario had met with US Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric [...]
TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines—A government program supposedly meant to encourage nurses to serve in the rural areas has failed to stop 25 of them from getting lucrative jobs abroad. The Department of Health (DOH) decided to let the nurses go although they had signed a one-year contract under its Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement and Local [...]
