32 PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY January 16 - 31 , 2018
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American who had sex with children in the Philippines sentenced to life in prison
A Sacramento , California pilot who traveled to the Philippines to have sex with underage girls was sentenced on January 23 , 2018 to life in prison .
The man had also worked with a woman in the Philippines to produce child pornography .
The girls were said to be as young as seven years old .
The sentencing of Michael Carey Clemans , 57 , comes four months after a federal jury in Sacramento found him guilty of a variety of charges .
The charges include traveling overseas to engage
MANILA — As had been expected for the past week , President Rodrigo Duterte has nominated Grace Relucio-Princesa as Philippine Ambassador to the Holy See .
“ Nanay Amba ,” as she is known by friends , had spent more than 20 years in the Philippine Diplomatic Service before she was named Assistant Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Department ’ s Legislative Liaison
Ash has spurted from Mount Mayon in the Philippines as the volcano continues to churn .
The ash , caused by eruptions of lava from the volcano ’ s crater has affected a few nearby towns as of Tuesday .
About 84,000 people in illicit sexual conduct and buying children .
Clemans pleaded guilty to separate counts of producing child pornography and receiving child pornography at the start of the trial .
During the sentencing hearing this week , U . S . District Judge John Mendez said he was sickened by the crimes .
According to court documents , Clemans worked with overseas associates to locate vulnerable children , directing them to seek out orphans or the victims of typhoons .
Details about Clemans ’ crimes included “ salacious ” chats he exchanged with a Filipino woman to try to “ arrange sex with underage girls .”
“ I want to be able to get my photos and arrange sex with the underage girls … I do not want you or me to get into trouble … so we have to be very very careful ,” he wrote in a message .
Clemans paid the woman he was chatting in the Philippines $ 6,000 to take photos of the nude girls who he would sexually assault when he was in the Philippines .
More than 27,000 pornographic images of children were found on his computer at his parent ’ s house .
In another message he wrote : “ that is the reason I mentioned orphanages or runaways … or abandoned girls from the typhoons … I am looking for girls that are homeless that will not argue and will have no obligation but to have sex ”
U . S . Attorney McGregor Scott said Clemans was attempting to produce child pornography by buying Filipino children .
“ He sent money to that person to procure the children , requested in graphic detail the types of pornographic images he wanted of
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Unit .
She was the first female Philippine Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and had previous postings in Iraq , USA , Egypt and Switzerland .
Bishop Ruperto Santos , chairman of the CBCP ’ s Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People , has welcomed the nomination , saying that it ’ s an added “ blessing ” for Princesa “ to work in Vatican and for the
Vatican ”.
“ Nanay Amba is very known for our OFWs in UAE where she was posted before . She has her heart for OFWs , truly caring and working for their well-being ,” Santos said .
The bishop said that they are ready to work with Princesa , whose nomination was announced by Malacañang over the weekend .
“ We welcome her appointment , extends our cooperation and collaboration with her ,” he said .
In Italy , aside from the 57 Filipino centers all over the country , the CBCP has at least five Filipino chaplaincies in Rome , Milan , Bergamo , Padova and Florence .
“ Our OFWs fill the Italian churches , and helping the parishes as pastoral workers . And our OFWs in Italy are very hardworking , very religious and honesty is their natural traits ,” said
Mayon erupts , leaving towns in darkness
have fled danger zones and are staying in schools and shelters .
The volcano , which is the most active in the country , had one large eruption of lava that lasted more than an hour Monday .
The ash plume reached
nearly a mile above the crater and caused significant ash to rain down in the towns of Camalig and Guinobatan , according to reports .
Mayon has been leaving communities in darkness since Jan . 14 when it first started spewing huge
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those children , those images were made and sent to him , he selected which children he wanted to travel to the Philippines to have sex with ,” Scott said .
Santos .
“ Surely it will be holy and happy relationships of Nanay Amba Grace with our OFWs , priests and religious sisters ,” he added .
Princesa ’ s nomination must be approved by the bicameral Commission on Appointments ( CA ). There has been no vocal opposition to her appointment , so far . CBCPNews
amounts of ash and molten rock into the sky .
It has remained at alert level four on a scale of one to five , indicating a more violent eruption may be imminent .
Mayon is still swollen with magma below the surface and could erupt explosively , according to scientists , who worry the eruption could last months , according to reports .
No injuries have been reported as a result of the most recent eruption .( IE )
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