Category: Asia
United States and China spar over the Philippines
The fisherfolk of Masinloc and Sta. Cruz, Zambales, have fished Scarborough Shoal for generations. However,…
Call for probe into Philippine deaths in Saudi Arabia
MANILA (UCAN): Bishop Ruperto Santos, head of the Philippine bishops’ Commission on Migrants and Itinerant…
United Nations adopts human rights resolution on Myanmar
MANDALAY (UCAN): The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council adopted the Human Rights Situation in…
Israeli occupation of Palestine is cause of conflict Christian leaders say
JERUSALEM (CNS): The Israeli “military occupation of Palestine” is the “root cause” of the continuing…
Pope appoints Filipino priests as missionaries of mercy
MANILA (UCAN): The Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, in Pangasinan province, the northern Philippines, that four of…
