Tag: Philippines
Photos: Christmas in the city
Christmas is the "longest celebrated season" in the predominantly Catholic Philippines
Philippine police officer jailed in rare drug war conviction
During his six-year term, which ended in June, Duterte openly ordered police to shoot dead drug suspects if officers' lives were in danger
Philippine gov’t hit for using religion to justify non-passage of laws...
“The government cannot use the Catholic religion to oppose the passage of laws protecting and affirming the rights of LGBTQIA+ people"
‘For my Church and my people’: Exiled Filipino Protestant bishop bears...
‘Tell the whole world of what we suffer and our dreams of a better life. We hope the persecution of us Lumads would stop.”
Philippine green activists welcome pledge to set up ‘Loss and Damage...
The deal is a "cornerstone of a new and long-overdue fund to deliver vital support to vulnerable countries and communities"
Human Rights Watch condemns execution of 3 people by Philippine communist...
“The New People’s Army has a long history of executing people following trials that don’t meet the most basic standards of fairness”
Group says road crashes kill 1,670 children yearly in Philippines
“Our road system should be designed to protect the lives of the most vulnerable road users such as children and pedestrians”
Photos: The ‘giants’ of the Philippines
The "Higantes" Festival is held annually in Angono town in the Philippines, where hundreds of giant papier-mâché puppets are paraded
Philippines says Saudi Arabia to pay Filipino workers owed wages
The Philippines earlier this month resumed the deployment of domestic workers to Saudi Arabia following a year-long ban
Avoid comparing priests to each other, Manila archbishop tells parishioners
He asked the parishioners to pray for their new priests and welcome them “with open minds and hearts” by “looking at their good qualities”
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