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Theme:  “Defending the Natural Family. Hope of the Dying World” Bayfront Hotel, Kaohsiung Street, NRA, Cebu City  April 28-30, 2017 Download Program  and Registration Form.

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03/31/2017 By Kejal Vyas CAJAMARCA, Colombia — There is $35 billion in gold under the lush mountains near here, and the national government says mining is critically important as the country emerges from its long war with Marxist rebels. But this farming town of 22,000 people has voted to leave…

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Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) March 31, 2017 Any legislation allowing the President to appoint all barangay heads upon the second postponement of elections this October violates the citizens’ sovereign right to vote. Such an exercise of a mega power should never be part of any administration as it…

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Statement by All-Out Peace (AOP) & Mindanao Peaceweavers (MPW) On CAB’s 3rd Anniversary – March 27, 2017 As we commemorate today’s 3rd Anniversary of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the All-Out Peace (AOP) and Mindanao Peaceweavers (MPW) renew and further strengthen our support for this historic peace agreement, and reiterate…

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Gillian Cruz, KAISAHAN 29 March 2017 ORMOC CITY –- Farmer Pablo Silva began his day last March 28 brimming with hope. He and his fellow agrarian reform beneficiaries were about to harvest their first sugarcane as landowners since they were awarded their 35.56 hectare land 20 years ago under the Comprehensive Agrarian…

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“Pero tingnan ninyo kung paano ipinakikita ng Diyos ang kanyang pagmamahal sa atin: namatay si Kristo para sa atin noong makasalanan pa tayo.” (Roma 5:8) Ngayong Ikatlong Linggo ng Kuwaresma, ang Ebanghelyo ayon kay San Juan ay nangungusap sa atin kung paanong ang isang Samaritana – na natagpuan kay Hesus,…

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Socrates B. Villegas Archbishop of Lingayen Dagupan CBCP President lingayendagupan@gmail.com Vienna, 17Th of March 2017 Ref.: Declaration of the Austrian Episcopal Conference concerning the human rights situation in the Philippines Excellence, Dear Archbishop Villegas, In the last months Ecclesial leaders from the Philippines and national and international networks called attention…

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As is by now well known, by his Apostolic Letter ‘Humanam Progressionem’ in the form of a Motu Proprio of 17 August 2016,  the Holy Father Pope Francis announced the creation of a new ‘Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development’. This new Dicastery is the result of a fusion of…

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*Prepared by: Renato ‘Ka Rene” Magtubo, Spokesperson, Nagkaisa! Labor Coalition; National Chairperson, Partido Manggagawa (PM); Co-Chair for Labor, Church-Labor Conference (CLC); and member, Technical Executive Committee of the National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (NTIPC). This reaction paper is based on the following premises: Labor contracting or subcontracting in its various…

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Circular No. 17-07 March 17, 2017 To All The Bishops and The Diocesan Administrators Your Eminences, Your Excellencies & Reverend Administrators, RE: AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED At the Permanent Council meeting last March 13, 2017, the body approved the request of the AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED…

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