Category: Asia
Thai medical frontliners ill-equipped and overworked
BANGKOK (UCAN): Medical workers on the front lines of Thailand’s fight against the Covid-19 coronavirus…
Myanmar’s Muslims observe Ramadan at home
MANDALAY (UCAN): Muslims in Myanmar are observing Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month, at homesunder a nationwide…
Posted in The Philippines
Transparency of Philippine Covid-19 aid efforts criticised
MANILA (UCAN): Responding to complaints that very little government aid had reached those most in…
Posted in The Philippines
Duterte poised to ease strict Covid-19 measures
MANILA (UCAN): “It looks like Metro Manila will graduate from ECQ (extended community quarantine) by…
Posted in The Philippines
Backlash as largest Philippine broadcasting network forced to close
MANILA (SE): “When freedom of speech or criticism is suppressed, tyranny abounds, liberty dissolves, our…
Posted in Middle East
Threats to religious freedom and health in northeast Syria
AMMAN (CNS): Advocates for religious freedom and medical practitioners have expressed concerns about the Covid-19…
Posted in Asia
Young Indonesian Catholics reach out to virus-hit families
JAKARTA (UCAN): Catholic Youth, an Indonesian youth organisation formed, Adopt One Brother, a solidarity movement…
