Category: Asia
Dismay as top jobs go to suspected rights abusers
JAKARTA (UCAN): Rights groups in Indonesia condemned the appointment by the president, Joko Widodo, of…
Timor-Leste declares victory over Covid-19
Michael Sainsbury Toward the end of June, the tiny Catholic-majority Southeast Asian nation of Timor-Leste…
New papal nuncio to Philippines
ANILA (UCAN): Pope Francis appointed a 60-year-old Archbishop Charles John Brown as the new apostolic…
Covid-19 affecting Filipino overseas remittances
MANILA (UCAN): Remittances sent home by Filipinos working overseas are expected to drop sharply because…
60th anniversary for Carmelite monastery
NHA TRANG (UCAN): The Carmelite Sisters in Vietnam celebrated the 60th anniversary of the establishment…
