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Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentences for Australian Human Trafficker
File photo for reference only The Philippine Supreme Court has affirmed the life imprisonment sentences of Australian national Peter Gerald Scully and his Filipina accomplice, Carme Ann Alvarez, for their involvement in qualified trafficking under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 (Republic Act 9208). This decision, originally made in November 2024, was only made public in March 2025. Scully and Alvarez each face a fine of PHP 5 million and must pay PHP 600,000 in damages for each victim. The ruling underscored that explicit pornographic evidence is not necessary for a human trafficking conviction. The pair's conviction is rooted in a 2014 incident where Alvarez enticed two minors, aged 9 and 12, with promises of food and took them to a property rented by Scully. There, the girls were given alcohol, forced to undress, photographed, and subjected to sexual exploitation. Their ordeal was documented on a laptop. After four days, the victims escaped and alerted authorities. Initially convicted by the Regional Trial Court in 2018, with the Court of Appeals upholding the decision in 2022, Scully and Alvarez appealed to the Supreme Court. They argued that their constitutional rights were violated, as they were allegedly prevented from presenting evidence, and contended that their actions did not meet the definition of trafficking. The Supreme Court rejected these claims, confirming that the elements of trafficking were present as outlined by RA 9208. The law defines trafficking to include the coercive transportation or transfer of individuals for exploitation, such as prostitution or slavery, regardless of the victim's consent. Given the victims were minors, the case was categorized as qualified trafficking, meriting a life sentence. The court also noted that the defendant's repeated absences and requests for hearing postponements led to a waiver of their right to present evidence. The Supreme Court concluded there was no violation of their constitutional rights, as opportunities to present their case had been duly granted. This verdict reinforces the Philippines' commitment to combat human trafficking and protect vulnerable individuals from exploitation, reported Phil Star. -- 2025-03-25 -
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Toddler Hospitalised with Bone-Deep Dog Bite in Buriram
Please can we not make stories and just stick to the facts. What’s wrong with you people. Not a Pit Bull or a viscous breed. Just a Thai dog. https://www.banmuang.co.th/news/region/422808 -
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Dedollarisation- its monopoly days may well be numbered.
The rise of China and alliances like BRICS are building alternative financial ecosystems. More countries are ditching the dollar in trade - think Brazil and China settling in yuan, or India buying oil from Russia using rupees. Systems like China’s CIPS or India’s RuPay, and big experiments with digital currencies (like the mBridge project), are being designed to cut the dollar out of the loop entirely. Many countries, tired of being at the mercy of Washington’s decisions, are looking to reclaim control to focus more on productive investment than speculative gains. National reserves are being diversified, central banks, especially in China and Russia, are holding fewer dollars and more gold, euros, and yuan. Countries are signing currency swap deals - India with Malaysia, China with Saudi Arabia, Russia with Turkey. Payment systems like Russia’s SPFS are being built to bypass SWIFT, the messaging backbone of dollar transactions.. From cryptocurrencies to gold-backed payment tools, there’s a growing demand for reserves of value outside the dollar. It’s a systemic shift. A move away from speculative finance, and toward a more multipolar world where countries can control their destinies. Will the world move away from the US dollar? -
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Trump Officials Discussed Secret Yemen Strike Plans on Signal, Accidentally Added Journalist
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Can you be a leftist without also supporting terrorists and criminals?
As I explained before, the British Labour Party was - in theory at least - a democratic socialist party (until the mid-1990s). The Party's guiding principle was the original Clause 4 (reproduced below) which Blair revised. It is clear from the original clause that socialism is to be achieved without violence. While revolutionary socialists may embrace terrorism and violence, democratic socialists eschew it. This is why your statement that, "Socialism mandates terrorism and violence. The philosophical underpinnings of socialism, indeed, their entire philosophical premise for government and life can only be achieved by terrorists who engage in violence and authoritarianism", is patently incorrect. _---------------;;;;;;; Original Clause 4 of the GB Labour Party constitution. "To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the basis of the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange, and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry or service." -
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Trump Officials Discussed Secret Yemen Strike Plans on Signal, Accidentally Added Journalist
I'm a good little Auswich gate guard! Don't know nothing about history 🎵 I'm not aware of too many things I know what I know, if you know what I mean Push me in the shallow water Before I get too deep 😵
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