Category: Asia
Malaysia under fire for plan to cane Rohingya asylum seekers
KUALA LUMPUR (UCAN): Malaysia has drawn condemnation from rights advocates for the planned caning of…
Posted in The Philippines
Duterte’s SONA address less than inspiring
MANILA (SE): On July 27, Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte delivered his fifth State of the…
Posted in The Philippines
Philippine police disturb Mass at Quiapo church to grab publicity material
MANILA (UCAN): Video footage showed at least two policemen accosting churchgoers at at the Minor…
Cardinal Bo calls for peace and harmony on Martyrs’ Day
MANDALAY (UCAN): In commemorating Myanmar’s Martyrs’ Day, Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, called for building…
Posted in The Philippines
Bishop of Baguio has ax to grind over tree felling
BAGUIO (UCAN): Bishop Victor Bendico of Baguio, the summer capital of the Philippines, called the…
