Dignity of All, Rights of All An expression of solidarity in Celebration of the Human Rights Day SYNCRONIZED RINGING OF CHURCH’S BELL 02 December 2019 To my brother bishops: Greetings of Peace from CBCP-ECSA-JP! On the occasion of the celebration of the Human Rights Day on December 10, we humbly…
Religious Discernment Group Theme: JESUS TODAY: PROPHET AND SHEPHERD|“The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” Jn. 10:11 04 November 2019 To all Lay Faithful: Greetings! On December 07, 2019, 8am to 4pm, members of various congregations of women and men Religious will gather at the UST Angelicum…
An Invitation from Salinlahi and Children’s Rehabilitation Center for their play, Iisang Tinig, Iisang Tindig: Nasaan na ang aking mga kababata? (One voice, One Stand: Where are my childhood friends? VENUE: University of the Philippines Diliman (Integrated School) TIME: 7PM TICKET PRIZE: P500, P200 Iisang Tinig, Iisang Tindig: Nasaan na…
#DefendTogether International Human Rights Day Commemoration December 10, 2019 Dear Friends, Greetings of peace and solidarity! This year, we will be marking International Human Rights Day on December 10 in the midst of even graver challenges to our hard-won rights and freedoms. With Pres. Duterte’s firing of Vice Pres. Robredo…
On November 20, 2019 farmers groups under the National Movement For Food Sovereignty and the Save Agrarian Reform Alliance launched a protest in front of the National Economic and Development Authority along Saint Josemaria Escriva Drive, Pasig City. The rally was organized to express their disenchantment and frustration over the…
The labor violations experienced by the workers include 14-hour shifts without overtime pay, contractualization, union busting, among others. While the workers celebrate the release of the Regent 23 through the help of Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto, RFWU has been mired in debt for payment of bail amounting to P300,000 (US…
Bulatlat.com November 28, 2019 By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN MANILA— The Court of Appeals junked the motion for reconsideration filed by the network GMA and its CEO Felipe L. Gozon, and upheld its earlier ruling that declares over a hundred talents of the network as regular employees. In its two-page decision,…
The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) decries the baseless and unfounded inclusion of its name in the list of “front organizations of local communist terrorist groups (CTG)” by the Department of National Defense (DND). The NCCP was one among a number of humanitarian and service-oriented organizations in…
Dear Beloved Bishops, Greetings of Grace and Peace! Please see below invitation of Kalikasan PNE. EBF is one of the convenors. EBF NL through the Regional Coordinator, Bishop Joseph Agpaoa and all other Bishops in NL have signified and vowed to accompany and journey with the people in Didipio. But…
25 November 2019 Quezon City, Philippines – A social development and advocacy network, Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) and NASSA/Caritas Philippines, the social arm of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, both pushing for ‘Rights of Nature bill’ intended to recognize nature to have its own legal rights just like…
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