Post-Permanent Council Meeting CBCP Pastoral Letter on the Death Penalty “Apang ginpakita sang Dios ang iya paghigugma sa aton sa sini: si Kristo napatay para sa aton sang makasasala pa kita.” -(Roma 5:8) Sa sining ika-tatlo nga Domingo sang Kwaresma, ang Ebanghelyo suno kay Juan nagasalaysay sa aton kon paano…
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…
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…
The Supreme Court will see clearly that Duterte, De Lima, and Lascañas do not love each other, but surely love for this country and for the rule of law will make the Court decide the case in the right way Tony La Viña Published 11:07 AM, March 07, 2017 Updated…
*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…
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…
Engr. Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada March 13, 2017 “We must understand a thing so that we may shape it. If we don’t, the thing will shape us”. – Anonymous What is the National Broadband Network (NBN) It is best to explain the NBN with an analogy to something that most of…
Lowering the age of criminal liability for children compounds the failure of govt to look out for their welfare UCAN by Father Shay Cullen, Manila Philippines March 15, 2017 I first saw Rosi, a six-year-old girl, inside a police detention cell in Olongapo City’s red light district. Remembering that day, I am…
Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte has identified oil palm development as one of the key industries that, according to him, could boost the country’s economy. He has indicated both Palawan and Mindanao as the new frontiers for oil palm expansion. The former is also known as the ‘last frontier’ for its dense forest…
by Andrew Lim Posted by The Society of Honor on March 8, 2017 When ancient man figured out that living in groups, specially large ones was more advantageous, he quickly learned how to make a deal- get something by giving up another. The deal could be between two entities: a modus vivendi, or internally,…
