Tag: Philippines
Philippine groups call for peace talks after ceasefire expires
Activists warn against ‘peace spoilers’ who want to impose conditions for the peace negotiations to resume
The Black Nazarene and the Filipinos’ quest for resurrection
The Black Nazarene devotion is perhaps one of our most predominantly working class Catholic devotion in the Philippines
Devotees stand up to save Nazarene chapel in Manila
Chapel stands in the middle of an intersection in the poor district of Tondo in Manila
Tribal people, armed conflict help save endangered Philippine crocodiles
Researcher says there’s a ‘healthy viable population’ of the reptiles which are smaller cousins of the saltwater crocodile
‘Kingdoms’ in small Philippine town hold feasts to honor ‘Three Kings’
Philippine church leaders acknowledge various ways Filipinos observe the feast but have also called on the faithful to remember its ‘real message’
Disasters turn young Filipinos into ‘climate warriors’
As discussions on climate crisis heat up, threats to the environment are being addressed by young people
Bodies of Filipino migrant workers killed in ‘freak accident’ return home
Women having picnic killed by car which rammed through a metal railing outside a Singaporean shopping mall
Filipinos welcome 2020 ‘with hopes rather than with fears’
A group of rights advocates calls for sharing of hope and overcoming fear through a collective response to injustice
Philippines’ feast of Black Nazarene off to solemn start
Annual religious event is the largest procession in the country, drawing millions of devotees
From photography to the nunnery
A woman’s journey to finding beauty in embracing a life of service
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