Category: Asia
Philippine labour groups slam stingy wage rise
MANILA (UCAN): Filipino labour groups slammed the Philippine government for what they called a “meager”…
Baclaran Church declared ‘important cultural property’
MANILA (SE): The National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help—better known as Baclaran Church—was…
Manipur riots called ‘ethnic-cleansing of Christians’
TELLICHERRY (UCAN): Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry called the ongoing sectarian violence in northeastern Manipur…
Cyclone-affected people still homeless in Myanmar
(UCAN): Thousands are still waiting for shelters in western Rakhine state, Myanmar, nearly two months…
Bishop David reelected head of Philippine bishops’ conference
MANILA (RVA News): Bishop Pablo Virgilio Siongco David of Kalookan was been reelected president of…
