Category: The Philippines
Caritas Philippines skeptical about agricultural land handouts
MANILA (UCAN): Landless farmers have been demanding the immediate distribution of agricultural land promised by…
Philippine Senate approves PHP100 daily wage hike bill
MANILA (SE): The Philippine Senate passed a landmark bill proposing a 100 peso [US$1.7] increase…
Church collapse in Philippines kills at least one
SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY (UCAN): At least one person died and 53 were injured…
Church in Cebu hits the streets to address vocation crisis
(UCAN): The Archdiocese of Cebu, the Philippines, concluded a weeklong integration activity to motivate younger…
Philippine bishops slam ‘deceptive’ and ‘bad taste’ campaign for charter change
MANILA (UCAN/CBCP News): The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines [CBCP] has strongly opposed a…
Critics slam Sri Lanka’s online content law
COLOMBO (UCAN): Church representatives, civil society and rights groups in Sri Lanka criticised the Online…
Rift between Marcos and Duterte deepens
MANILA (Agencies): At a rally in Davao against constitutional charter change, January 28, the former…
