Metro Manila quarantined and Masses suspended as Covid-19 cases hit 100
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Metro Manila quarantined and Masses suspended as Covid-19 cases hit 100

MANILA (SE): In a bid to contain the Covid-19 outbreak, Metro Manila was put into…

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Bishop warns Duterte against nuclear power
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Bishop warns Duterte against nuclear power

MANILA  (UCAN): Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos, the Philippines, called on the government to…

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New Philippine anti-drug chief issues death penalty call

MANILA (UCAN): Dante Jimenez, the newly appointed co-chairperson of the Philippines’ Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal…

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Philippine bishops oppose eco-hostile dam project
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Philippine bishops oppose eco-hostile dam project

MANILA (UCAN): “For the sake of the common good, we strongly recommend that ecologically sustainable…

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Misereor no longer co-convenor of Philippine advocacy group

MANILA (UCAN): The overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Germany, Misereor, has stepped…

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Stranded workers can return after signing wavier
Posted in Hong Kong The Philippines

Stranded workers can return after signing wavier

HONG KONG (SE): Overseas Filipino workers bound for Hong Kong and Macau are now exempt…

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Threat to ABS-CBN a threat to Filipinos’ right-to-know
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Threat to ABS-CBN a threat to Filipinos’ right-to-know

MANILA (UCAN): The Philippines’ Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People has expressed support for…

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