Philippine health workers step up protests
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Philippine health workers step up protests

MANILA (UCAN): “Healthcare workers are like emergency room patients left to suffer and die instead…

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Creation is gift to be shared, says cardinal
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Creation is gift to be shared, says cardinal

MANILA (SE): “What we received as a gift, we must give as a gift. Here,…

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Cemetery space given over to non-Catholics
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Cemetery space given over to non-Catholics

MANILA (UCAN): The Archdiocese of Cebu, the Philippines, has begun allowing non-Catholics to be buried…

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Philippine health workers strike over unpaid benefits
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Philippine health workers strike over unpaid benefits

MANILA (UCAN): Health workers at 10 private hospitals in Manila, the Phlippines, staged a one-hour…

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Former policeman convicted of double murder
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Former policeman convicted of double murder

MANILA (UCAN): A regional trial court in Tarlac, the Philippines, jailed former policeman, Jonel Nuezca—nine…

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Philippine bishop questions Duterte bid for vice-presidency
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Philippine bishop questions Duterte bid for vice-presidency

MANILA (UCAN): “I am sure there is no discernment in his decision. This is a…

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Has health department scandal awakened the Filipino conscience?
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Has health department scandal awakened the Filipino conscience?

Joseph Peter Calleja Many Filipinos were surprised by the Commission on Audit’s report that the…

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