Category: The Philippines

The Philippines is known for its culture of happy, friendly people with a love of life. Family bonds are strong, Read more

MANILA (UCAN): Dante Jimenez, the newly appointed co-chairperson of the Philippines’ Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD), called on the Read more

by Inday Espina-Varona A United Nations (UN) special rapporteur hit the Philippines’ crackdown on drug suspects as a display of arbitrary Read more

MANILA (SE): The annual, nationwide Walk for Life, was held across the Philippines, in Pangasinan, Tarlac and Cebu, and in Read more

MANILA (UCAN): Bishop Jose Bagaforo of Kidapawan, said that Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, failed to unite the Filipino people against Read more

MANILA (CNS): Bishop Broderick Pabillo, apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Manila, defended a recent pastoral letter issued by the Read more

MANILA (UCAN): The Covid-19 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) claimed the lives of at least 12 doctors in the Philippines, while at least Read more

MANILA (CNS): Caritas Manila appealed for donations to aid in its work in the wake of the magnitude earthquakes that Read more

MANILA (UCAN): In his State of the Nation Address on July 27, Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, tried to present the Read more

MANILA (CNS): Bishop Broderick Pabillo, apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Manila, defended a recent pastoral letter issued by the Read more

MANILA (SE): On July 27, Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) spending about Read more

MANILA (UCAN): Video footage showed at least two policemen accosting churchgoers at at the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, Read more

MANILA (UCAN): Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, the Philippines, declared 21 days of prayer in his archdiocese on July 13 Read more

MANILA (UCAN): Video footage showed at least two policemen accosting churchgoers at at the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, Read more

MANILA (UCAN): The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) released a pastoral statement on July 19 condemning several recent Read more

MANILA (Agencies): “The heavens now weep for this blow to the Constitutional guarantee of the freedom of the press,” said Read more

Verdict against Ressa labelled a sham MANILA (UCAN): Catholic bishops in the Philippines issued an Independence Day rallying cry calling Read more

MANILA (UCAN): In his State of the Nation Address on July 27, Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, tried to present the Read more

HONG KONG (SE): The Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy released The pastoral conversion of the Parish community in the service Read more

Joseph Peter Calleja Former United States (US) president, Woodrow Wilson, once said: “Liberty has never come from government. Liberty has Read more

MANILA (UCAN): “This government is criminalising dissent, further suppressing criticism, while at the same time evading accountability in the guise Read more

MANILA (UCAN): The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) released a pastoral statement on July 19 condemning several recent Read more

HONG KONG (SE): The 122nd anniversary of the declaration of the Philippine Independence was marked by migrant rights groups picketing Read more

MANILA (UCAN): The Catholic Education Association of the Philippines (CEAP) released a statement calling on the country’s president, Rodrigo Duterte, Read more