Tag: Philippines
Claretians to highlight power of prayer in 2024 Word Conference
The Claretian Missionaries aim to use the conference to foster dialogue and open more venues for conversation
SPOTLIGHT: Water over Troubled Forests
With climate change threatening their lands, the Indigenous Pulangiyen people are rebuilding Bendum's forests and restoring life-giving water to their ancestral home.
HRW: Philippine labor leaders targeted in deadly ‘red-tagging’ practice
The practice has extended beyond labor leaders to target student activists, environmentalists, Indigenous peoples, and journalists
Voices of faith | Indigenous Peoples in Asia: Philippines (Pulangiyēn)
Pulangiyen community is one of the cultural groups in Mindanao that traditionally identify themselves by the river systems they inhabit
Caritas Philippines: Authoritarianism, impunity persist decades after Martial Law
According to Caritas, some laws and policies could "silence dissent and advance corporate interests at the expense of public welfare."
Dominicans launch climate change and human rights handbook for youth education...
The launch of the handbook featured discussions by human rights advocates, climate activists, and academics
Philippines tops Asia in deaths of environmental defenders, says new report
The Philippines has been identified as the deadliest country for environmental defenders in Asia, according to the latest Global Witness report.
The Global Witness report...
Filipino ‘Appointed Son of God’ arrested for human trafficking, sex crime
Quiboloy, who has close relations with former president Rodrigo Duterte, is the founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church
Toxic, deadly, cheap: Life for women gold miners in the Philippines
One in three of the illegal mining workforce is female - and women are 90 times more at risk of dying on the job than men
Cardinal Jaime Sin Museum set to open in central Philippines
This museum, the first ecclesiastical museum in Western Visayas, will showcase the life and legacy of Cardinal Sin