Urgent Appeal for Aid: Province of Albay

Situation Report No. 1 | 4 December 2019Type of Disaster: Typhoon Tisoy / Kammuri  Highlights  Typhoon TISOY/KAMMURI pounded Albay province and surrounding areas for around eight hours on 2-3 December 2019, resulting to felled trees, toppled power and communication lines, damaged buildings and infrastructure, and flooding in many areas.…

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Kairos Palestine 10th Anniversary Conference

“They will run and not grow weary”Conference Statement & Call to the Church November 29, 2019Meeting in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, we are over 350 persons— women and men, young and old, lay and clergy, Palestinians and friends from all over the world—reaching out to the Church on the…

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An extension of terms without an election

 December 4, 2019  NAMFREL today emphasized the importance of elected officials submitting themselves to regular elections to receive a fresh mandate from their constituents. This is in reaction to the proposed postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) to December 2022, which has just been signed into law…

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Programs of the Joint Commissions on Ecumenical Affairs, Interreligious Dialogue and Indigenous Peoples for Year 2020

Circular No. 19-30November 20, 2019  To All the Bishops and the Diocesan Administrators Your Eminences, Your Excellencies, and Reverend Administrators, RE: Programs of the Joint Commissions on Ecumenical Affairs, Interreligious Dialogue and Indigenous Peoples for Year 2020 Peace in the Lord! Please find the consolidated programs and proposed activities for…

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