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Published on ABS-CBN News Online Beta (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com) By Loui Galicia, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau A 12-year-old Pinoy succeeded in his quest to raise funds for the orphaned children of victims of political killings and disappearances by capping off the four-day Walk of the World in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The trail to his victory though, was not painless and sweet as Kyle Baleva almost gave up on the second day of the biggest walkathon in the world. Read More

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Twelve-year old Kyle G. Baleva crossed the finish line at about 2:30pm on Friday, 24 July 2009, to complete the four-day, 30 kilometers per day hike of the Nijmegen International Four-Day Marches. Considered to be the biggest hiking event in the world, the 93rd edition of the Nijmegen Four-Day Marches attracted a total of 40,645 participants on day one, 21 July, but only 37,106 crossed the finish line on Friday, with the first one racing in as early as 9:30 in the morning and the last limping past at 5:55, just five minutes before the closing of the event. Read More

Twelve-year old Kyle G. Baleva crossed the finish line at about 2:30pm on Friday, 24 July 2009, to complete the four-day, 30 kilometers per day hike of the Nijmegen International Four-Day Marches. Considered to be the biggest hiking event in the world, the 93rd edition of the Nijmegen Four-Day Marches attracted a total of 40,645 participants on day one, 21 July, but only 37,106 crossed the finish line on Friday, with the first one racing in as early as 9:30 in the morning and the last limping past at 5:55, just five minutes before the closing of the event. Read More

Muntik nang maulila si Kyle Baleva, gaya ng mga anak ng pinatay o nawawalang Pilipinong mga aktibista. Noong 2001, dinukot, tinortyur, at ilegal na ikinulong ng gobyernong Arroyo ang kanyang ama na si Boyen Baleva. Masuwerte lamang si Kyle at muling nakapiling ang ama, na noo’y naghain ng political asylum at ngayo’y nakatira sa Utrecht, The Netherlands kasama ng kanyang buong pamilya. Read More

Muntik nang maulila si Kyle Baleva, gaya ng mga anak ng pinatay o nawawalang Pilipinong mga aktibista. Noong 2001, dinukot, tinortyur, at ilegal na ikinulong ng gobyernong Arroyo ang kanyang ama na si Boyen Baleva. Masuwerte lamang si Kyle at muling nakapiling ang ama, na noo’y naghain ng political asylum at ngayo’y nakatira sa Utrecht, The Netherlands kasama ng kanyang buong pamilya. Read More

By Maria Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, abs-cbnNEWS.com Taking the cue from the initiative of a young Filipino boy in the Netherlands, a child rights group in Manila has organized a children’s solidarity walk for justice and peace. Executive Director Ma. Esmeralda dela Paz of the Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) said the “Walk for Justice, Walk for Peace” will coincide with the biggest walkathon in the Netherlands in which Kyle Baleva is one of its 45,000 participants. Read More

By Maria Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, abs-cbnNEWS.com Taking the cue from the initiative of a young Filipino boy in the Netherlands, a child rights group in Manila has organized a children’s solidarity walk for justice and peace. Executive Director Ma. Esmeralda dela Paz of the Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) said the “Walk for Justice, Walk for Peace” will coincide with the biggest walkathon in the Netherlands in which Kyle Baleva is one of its 45,000 participants. Read More

By Loui Galicia, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau

A twelve-year-old Filipino is set to join 45,000 participants in the biggest walkathon in the world held yearly in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Kyle Baleva is now engrossed in psyching up and preparing himself physically for the Walk of the World or the Four-Day Marches that will be held from July 21 to July 24. Read More

By Loui Galicia, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau

A twelve-year-old Filipino is set to join 45,000 participants in the biggest walkathon in the world held yearly in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Kyle Baleva is now engrossed in psyching up and preparing himself physically for the Walk of the World or the Four-Day Marches that will be held from July 21 to July 24. Read More

The Philippine Star The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has committed “new forms” of human rights violations against children by labeling them “child soldiers,” a report by a child welfare group said Friday. This as the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict will be visiting the Philippines for four days beginning tomorrow to ascertain the impact of the conflict on Filipino children and the association of children with armed groups. Read More

The Philippine Star The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has committed “new forms” of human rights violations against children by labeling them “child soldiers,” a report by a child welfare group said Friday. This as the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict will be visiting the Philippines for four days beginning tomorrow to ascertain the impact of the conflict on Filipino children and the association of children with armed groups. Read More