Nineteen workers and a senior high school member of the League of Filipino Students were arrested and brought to Meycauayan Police Station. By MENCHANI TILENDO Bulatlat.com MARILAO, Bulacan — On their 12th day of strike, NutriAsia workers were dispersed by at least 200 elements of Marilao police at around 1:30…
Church People Workers’ Solidarity stands in solidarity with the workers of Nutri-Asia in Marilao Bulacan as they are facing violations to their right to job security, just wages and humane working condition, right to unionize and to strike. Nutri Asia is a big company producing popular household brands such as…
Your Eminences, Your Excellencies and Reverend Administrators, Re: Funeral of Fr. Richmond Nilo The funeral of Fr. Richmond Nilo will be on Friday, June 15 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning at the San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral in Cabanatuan City. We appeal and encourage our priests to offer a…
Barangay Umiray in the Provinces of General Nakar, Quezon and Dingalan, Aurora May 24-25, 2018 We, the delegates from 1st National Peace and Humanitarian Mission in Umiray, unite in four important points after our two-day program in Brgy. Umiray in the provinces of Gen. Nakar, Quezon and Dingalan, Aurora: That…
By MENCHANI TILENDO Bulatlat.com MANILA — On their sixth day of strike, workers of the NutriAsia company continue to demand for their rights to regularization, benefits, increased wages, and refund of their salary deductions. Located at an industrial park in Marilao, Bulacan, NutriAsia is one of the country’s biggest factories…
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.” (John 15.18) No priest, and no human being for that matter, deserves to be killed with utter brutality, disrespect and impunity. Every priest, however imperfect, is God’s gift to His Church and we are duty-bound to respect…
Beloved People of God, We are deeply saddened and terribly disturbed that another priest is brutally killed. Fr. Richard Nilo, parish priest of St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in the Diocese of Cabanatuan was gunned down and died on the spot early evening yesterday inside the barangay chapel of Mayamot, Zaragoza,…
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle ordained Father Raul Bautista Dael as bishop of Tandag UCANews Jigger Jerusalem and Froilan Gallardo, Cagayan de Oro City Philippines June 8, 2018 A son of a poor fisherman from a coastal town in the southern Philippines was ordained bishop of Tandag in Mindanao’s Surigao del…
One of the worst dishonors is when people in search for justice are excluded from society’s systems UCANews Edita Burgos, Manila. Philippines June 6, 2018 Much has been written and said about upholding the dignity of the human being. The Catholic Church itself has said that, “the ultimate source of human rights…
Message Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests 08 June 2018 Dear Brother Priests, I take joy in greeting all of you priests here in the Philippines during our Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons on this Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests. In 2002, Pope…
