• • R.I. nanny files trafficking suit vs UAE colonel, wife • Visiting DLSU profs wow Washington

  Classic case of human trafficking, if you ask the nanny’s lawyer. United Arab Emirate Colonel Arif Mohamed Saeed Mohamed Al-Ali and his wife brought their Filipina nanny to the U.S., promising to pay her fairly for a light amount of domestic chores. But when Elizabeth Cabitla Ballesteros got settled into the family’s home in Rhode […]

  Posted: April 19th, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
  Filled under: Crime

• Women’s advocate Pilar Pilapil survives stabbing attack

  By Ludy A. Ongkeko, Ph.D. Actress-beauty queen Pilar Pilapil’s voice rang loud and clear on April 14 as a well-known advocate for abused women. Yet, her voice was unheard several hours later as she cried “help” as she was being stabbed repeatedly by two armed men. That same date, paradoxically and woefully, Pilar joined the […]

  Posted: April 17th, 2011 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Crime, Entertainment