Category: The Philippines
Appeal for eliminating teen pregnancies in the Philippines
MANILA (UCAN): Save the Children Philippines urged the government to curb early and unintended pregnancies…
Filipino rights groups decry light penalties for killer cops
(UCAN): Rights groups have joined family members of a slain teenager in criticising a local…
Pope Francis honours Our Lady of Antipolo with golden rose
MANILA (SE): Archbishop Rino Fisichella presented a golden rose from Pope Francis to Our Lady…
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…
