Filipino priests issue stark lockdown poverty warnings
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Filipino priests issue stark lockdown poverty warnings

MANILA (UCAN): Father Rodel Enverga of the Archdiocese of Jaro, Iloilo, and Father Christian Fargueras…

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Covid-ravaged Indonesia closes its borders
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Covid-ravaged Indonesia closes its borders

JAKARTA (UCAN): Indonesia has stopped foreign visitors and workers from entering the country as part…

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No rest for the dead of Philippine drug war
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No rest for the dead of Philippine drug war

Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila In a country like the Philippines, where over 17.6 million people…

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Myanmese bishop dies of Covid-19
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Myanmese bishop dies of Covid-19

YANGON (UCAN): Bishop John Hsane Hgyi of Pathein, succumbed to the Covid-19 coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] and…

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More killing talk in Duterte’s final State of the Nation address
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More killing talk in Duterte’s final State of the Nation address

MANILA (Agencies): In his penultimate, nearly three-hour-long State of the Nation Address on July 26,…

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