Tag: Philippines
Philippine missionary nuns tagged as terrorist financiers say they are ‘peace-builders’
The missionaries said they are "unapologetic and unwavering in our commitment to work in poor areas"
Photos: Remembering the ‘Desaparecidos’
Families and friends of missing victims of enforced disappearances in the Philippines renew calls to surface 1,900 “desaparecidos”
Kin of ‘desaparecidos’ in Philippines renew calls to surface loved ones
The Philippines has more than 600 outstanding cases of enforced disappearances, according to a UN body on involuntary disappearances
Manila archbishop admits Philippine Church still wanting in being ‘Church of...
“There is a dark and wide gap between the Church and the poor .... The Church does not know the poor, and the poor do not know the Church”
Catholic, Protestant bishops denounce charges against Philippine missionaries
The bishops slammed what they described as “concocted allegations” against the missionaries
‘Keep listening to the cry of the poor, planet,’ Catholic women...
“Continue to listen and respond to the cry of the poor and the cry of the planet as Pope Francis said in Laudato Si”
Ninoy is Alive!
When the brutal shooting of Ninoy Aquino happened, Joe Burgos witnessed the panic, grief, mayhem that seized the people
Philippine bishop welcomes Taiwan’s decision to increase wages of migrant workers
Effective August 10, the monthly pay for migrant workers in Taiwan is at NT$20,000 (US$665.70) from the previous NT$17,000 (US$565.90)
Philippine Catholic missionaries decry allegation of ‘terrorist financing’
“RMP’s mission work has been seriously hampered because of the relentless state attacks, depriving much-needed services to the poor,” it said
Body of slain teenager exhumed five years after death in Philippines’...
“After five years, let us see if we can still discover more truth,” said Randy Delos Santos, the victim’s uncle