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Struck with shoe, ladle, phone: Singapore woman jailed 6 months for beating Filipino domestic worker

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Oct 22 08:38 AM

A 54-year-old Singapore woman who repeatedly struck and slapped her domestic worker over at least five years, using items like a high-heeled shoe and a ladle, was sentenced to six months' jail on Tuesday. Read more »

Retired French surgeon faces 312 pedophilia and abuse charges

Constant Méheut, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 17 12:03 AM

A retired French surgeon has been charged with the rape and sexual assault of more than 300 people, a vast majority of whom were under 15, in what could be France’s biggest-ever pedophilia and sexual abuse case. Read more »

Senate approves on second reading bill declaring child marriage as illegal

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 09:47 PM

The Senate on Monday passed on second reading a bill that declares child marriage as illegal in the Philippines. Read more »

Pagtatalo ng Grab driver, pulis nauwi sa pisikalan, demanda

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 09 08:56 PM

Nauwi sa pisikalan at pagsasampa ng kaso ang pagtatalo ng isang Grab driver at isang pulis noong Miyerkoles ng gabi sa Taguig City. Read more »

Lawmakers urged to ban child marriage in Britain

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 07 02:51 AM

LONDON - Britain is sabotaging girls' futures and condoning child sex abuse by failing to scrap an "anachronistic" law allowing child marriage, a lawmaker told parliament on Tuesday as she presented a bill to criminalize marriage under 18. Read more »

200 kawani, pasyente ng N. Ecija mega drug rehab, positibo sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 10:17 AM

MAYNILA - Malaking hamon para sa lokal na pamahalaan ng Nueva Ecija ang pagkakaroon ng nasa 200 local transmission sa Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center sa Fort Magsaysay sa Palayan City, Nueva Ecija. Read more »

Girl dies of severe lice infestation; parents face murder charges

Maria Cramer, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 06 08:19 AM

The 12-year-old girl had no bruises on her body. She was not malnourished, according to prosecutors. She had just eaten before her mother found her unconscious in late August in their home in rural Georgia. But she had a lice infestation so severe that the doctors who treated her the day she died said it was enough to kill her. Read more »

Pulis-Maynila arestado sa pagpapatakas umano sa preso

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 04:40 PM

Arestado ng Manila Police District ang isang pulis na sinasabing nagpatakas ng isang preso, na inihatid pa niya pauwi ng probinsiya.   Read more »

DepEd finalizing policy on child protection for distance learning

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 01:45 PM

Children may be exposed to various risks as learning moves away from classrooms and into students' homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an official from the Department of Education said. Read more »

Kevin Spacey accused of sex offenses against teenagers in new lawsuit

Julia Jacobs, The New York Times
Updated as of Sep 10 10:54 AM

Kevin Spacey was sued Wednesday by actor Anthony Rapp and an anonymous man, both of whom accuse Spacey of sexual offenses against them in the 1980s when they were about 14 years old. Read more »

Gucci heir alleges child sexual abuse

Vanessa Friedman, The New York Times
Updated as of Sep 10 07:53 AM

For the past 5 years, the name Gucci has been synonymous with success, with a fashion reinvention that has helped redirect the luxury industry toward inclusivity, emotion and the importance of creativity. The family that created the brand has a more complicated, darker past, one involving tax evasion, generational feuds and murder. This week, another charge will be added to that list.   Read more »

Singaporean youth who threw mug at OFW gets 6-month rehab: envoy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 08:48 AM

MANILA —  A Singaporean youth who hurled a mug at his family’s Filipina domestic helper was sentenced to at least 6 months of reformative training, an envoy of Manila said Thursday.  Read more »

Vacationing Israeli teen says she was gang-raped, shocking the nation

David M. Halbfinger, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 21 10:06 AM

JERUSALEM — An Israeli teenager has said that she was gang-raped during a visit to the resort city of Eilat, and one of the accused has said that as many as 30 men joined in the attack, shocking the nation as police officers began rounding up suspects. Read more »

R. Kelly’s associates charged with threatening his accusers

Nicole Hong, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 13 03:07 AM

For more than a year, singer R. Kelly has been awaiting trial on federal sexual abuse charges, facing the prospect of watching his accusers and former sexual partners testify against him. Read more »

Students struggling to get gadgets for online classes fall victim to abuse, sexual exploitation

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 04:36 PM

Several groups have expressed concern over cases of students engaging in illicit activities and falling victim to online sexual exploitation as they struggle to acquire gadgets that they could use for distance education. Read more »

Deaths of lions, ostriches in Islamabad zoo sparks probe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 08:17 AM

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani officials on Thursday began a new probe into Islamabad's notorious zoo, already under scrutiny over its treatment of a famous elephant, following the recent deaths of several animals including lions and ostriches. Read more »

Video of Amber Heard's sister shows actress 'beat' her, Depp trial hears

Sylvain Peuchmaurd, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 25 05:27 AM

Johnny Depp's legal team played an anonymous tipster's video at his libel trial Friday aimed at proving ex-wife Amber Heard had a violent streak and once beat up her sister. Read more »

Amber Heard says she loved 'sober' Johnny Depp

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 24 03:45 AM

American actress Amber Heard testified Thursday she loved ex-husband Johnny Depp and was rooting for him to kick his drug habit before filing for divorce because of alleged domestic abuse. Read more »

Xander Ford, suspendido dahil sa reklamong physical abuse at sexual assault

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 09:20 PM

Sinuspinde ng kaniyang talent agency si Xander Ford habang iniimbestigahan ang mga reklamo laban sa kaniya. Read more »

Amber Heard denies affairs with Elon Musk, James Franco

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 06:43 AM

LONDON - Amber Heard on Tuesday denied having an affair with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, as she gave evidence in ex-husband Johnny Depp's high-profile London libel action. Read more »