UCANews 19 January 2018 Legazpi Diocese has appealed to Catholics to open their doors for displaced residents and provide them temporary shelter. Father Rex Paul Arjona of the diocese’s social action office said the church has launched a volunteer shelter program that aims to ease crowding in evacuation camps. The…
Move to insert the phrase responsible exercise of freedom of speech in charter leaves media open to oppression, critics say Members of the Philippine media hold a demonstration in Manila on Jan. 19 to protest what they described as attempts to suppress press freedom in the country. (Photo by Mark…
As residents around Mount Mayon, an active volcano expected to erupt within days, flee their homes, tourists are flocking to the area to watch the mountain’s spectacular lava discharge. Most visitors are domestic tourists, said Dorothy Colle, head of the tourism office in Albay province, about 500 kilometers south of Manila.…
19 January 2018 A group actively pushing for the anti-dynasty law slammed the adoption of Resolution no. 9 by Congress that convenes itself into a Constituent Assembly. ANGKOP, a civil society group and one of the conveners of the anti-dynasty movement took a swipe at the 17th Congress for ‘railroading’…
Fr. Shay Cullen 18 January 2018 Journalists, writers, reporters, commentators will just have to curb their passion for speaking and exposing the truth if they want to continue to live. Too many end up a corpse in a cold dark morgue, silence their only companion. That is just the way…
Media agency highly critical of President Rodrigo Duterte’s government has license revoked Joe Torres, UCANews Manila Philippines January 17, 2018 The Philippines’ securities regulatory body has revoked the license of an online news agency highly critical of President Rodrigo Duterte’s government, especially the deadly war on drugs. Media and human…
Task Force Mapalad News Release – January 18, 2018 Negros peasants urge Duterte to void Danding deal, install them in 5,000-hectare hacienda About a thousand Negros Occidental peasants are calling on President Rodrigo Duterte to end Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr.’s greed and deception that enabled the businessman to still control…
80,000 copies go on sale to mark centenary of Virgin Mary’s appearance before three children in Portugal January 15, 2018 The Philippine Postal Corporation has released special commemorative stamps to mark the 100th anniversary of the reported apparition of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal. Four stamps of the “Our…
In celebration of Pro-Life Month, Pro-life Philippines is conducting a seminar workshop to amplify the need to go back to basics as we pursue our collective mission and purpose of promoting the value of life and family. For this scheduled session we are offering the following: Fundamentals of Natural Law:…
(Council of the Laity of the Philippines) Laiko Bldg., 372 Cabildo St., Intramuros, Manila January 12, 2018 To: All Laiko Member National Lay Organizations and Arch/Diocesan Councils of the Laity Dear Brothers & Sisters, “Man is called to a fullness of life. . .. in special way, believers in Christ must…
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