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05
Apr

HOSPITAL WHERE UP TO FIVE WOMEN SHARE A BED

Joe FOREIGN NEWS, Right of women and girls No Comments
The maternity ward at Fabella Hospital in Manila overflows with hundreds of new moms. There aren’t enough beds for everyone, so they share, four or five to a bed. The babies, some of them wrapped in blankets, lie in the middle. Young mothers sit in blood-streaked, thin, white hospital gowns that curl up on their sides. On my first visit to Fabella …
27
Mar

10-Month-Old Baby Girl Weighs As Five-Year-Old

Joe CHILD UPBRINGING, FOREIGN NEWS No Comments
Juanita Valentina Hernandez weighed just 3kg when she was born, but weeks later she started rapidly gaining weight with no apparent reason. Now the girl weights 20kg and is undergoing mediсal tests to determine the cause of her condition. Juanita’s mother, Sandra Franco, said “When she was 15 days old she was already looking chubby, because she …
27
Mar

A 44-YEAR OLD MAN IMPREGNATES DAUGHTER

Joe CHILD ABUSE No Comments
A 44-year-old man from Masvingo in Zimbabwe forced his two daughters aged 14 and 16 years to engage in a sexual threesome with him after the death of their mother and one of the girls fell pregnant. The man (name withheld to protect the victims) told the girls he was raping them to get rid of bad luck that he alleged was plaguing the family. He stunned …
26
Mar

KIDNAPPED SCHOOL GIRL SOLD TO PIMPS IN LIBYA

Joe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments
Fifteen-year-old Precious Nwaigwe, the Ogun schoolgirl that was abducted in the Ajah area of Lagos State by kidnappers based in Niger Republic, has been sold to men suspected to be pimps in Libya. The victim’s mother, Blessing, said that investigations by the police had also shown that one of their relatives was involved in the kidnapping. It was …
22
Mar

Police arrest Abia’s most wanted child trafficker

Joe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments
A notorious child trafficker in Abia, Mrs. Mma Achumba, who has been on the wanted list of various security agencies has been arrested in Akwa Ibom where she has been hiding. The police described Achumba as Abia’s most wanted child trafficker and that she had evaded arrest for over five years. Achumba whose illegal maternity home at Umunkpeyi in Isialangwa …
22
Mar

HOW A FAMILY LIVES INSIDE KEKE MARWA

Joe CHILD UPBRINGING No Comments
Little Mercy is barely a month old and her mother, Miss Blessing Jaree is confused on how or where she will be raised. That confusion landed them at the Lagos State Police Criminal Investigation De­partment, Panti where Mercy’s grandfather, Alfred Jaree is insisting that the baby had been sold. Also dragged before the police were Mercy’s father, …
22
Mar

Youth Pastor Engaged in Sex Acts With 2 Teens

Joe CHILD ABUSE, FOREIGN NEWS No Comments
Prosecutors say the youth pastor of a northern New Jersey church engaged in “inappropriate” sexual activity with two teenage girls in a church youth group and shared explicit text messages with other teen girls. Thirty-seven-year-old David Hayman, of Oradell, faces two counts of sexual assault and five counts of child endangerment. His bail …