Tag: The Philippines
Rights advocate Leila de Lima cleared of all charges
MANILA (UCAN): On June 24, the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court dropped all remaining criminal charges…
Farmers slam glacial pace of Philippine agrarian land reform
MANILA (UCAN): More than 500 farmers marched on the streets of Manila, the Philippines, to…
Calls mount to outlaw offshore gambling
MANILA (SE): Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, the Philippines, wrote a pastoral letter saying that…
Prayer and responsibility highlighted on Philippine Independence Day
HONG KONG (SE): On June 9, over 300 people from the Filipino community in Hong…
Filipino priest assigned to papal mission in Pacific island
(UCAN): Pope Francis appointed 58-year-old Father Eliseo Napiere of Mission Society of the Philippines [MSP]…
