Statement on Charter Change The Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas perceives the current proposal for Charter Change as a threat to our democratic system and our aspirations as a free and progessive nation. The present Constitution has been said to be the best in the world with its provisions for…
Senate investigation follows claims that posts critical of the government have been removed Philippines probes fake news, abuse of social media Inday Espina-Varona, UCANews | Manila Philippines | January 30, 2018 The Philippine Senate started an investigation on Jan. 30 into the spread of so-called fake news, which a leading church…
Statement of Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) 26 January 2017 On January 23, President Rodrigo Duterte finally named 19 out of the 25 members of the Charter Change Consultative Committee on amending the 1987 constitution, after months of the committee’s creation. We, the Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI), a network…
Posted by CBCP News | Jan 28, 2018 | Message of Archbishop Romulo G. Valles at the Opening of the CBCP 116th Plenary Assembly in Cebu City, January 27, 2018 Welcome to our CBCP 116th Plenary Assembly! I also asked permission from the good Archbishop of Cebu, Archbishop Jose Palma,…
Posted by Nestor Abrematea | Jan 27, 2018 PALO, Leyte— The Archdiocese of Palo is joining the whole Catholic Church in the country in the celebration of the National Bible Sunday on January 28. Homilies and prayers in all Masses in parishes churches in Leyte will be focused on the…
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…
By: Julius N. Leonen – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net / 06:21 PM January 24, 2018 Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has urged the government to exert all efforts to stop Islamic State (IS) recruiters from taking advantage of the P2 billion it has looted during the siege of Marawi City. “Government…
Filipino accuses rights group of deliberately exaggerating scale of the killing Joe Torres, UCANews Manila Philippines January 24, 2018 The debate over the actual death toll in the Philippines war against narcotics heated up this week with no less than the country’s foreign minister accusing Human Rights Watch (HRW) of…
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.…
