US offers over a billion dollars to support Mindanao railway project
The offer came after the Philippines decided against pursuing Chinese official development assistance (ODA) financing for the project
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Rally para sa Pakil, Kalikasan at Kultura, ilulunsad ng Diocese of San Pablo – VeritasPH
Pangungunahan ng Commission on Ecology ng Diocese of San Pablo ang 'Rally para sa Pakil, Kalikasan at Kultura' na nakatakda sa Sabado, ika-5 ng Hulyo, 2025. Katuwang ang iba pang institusyon kabilang na ang Conference of Major Superiors in the Philippines (CMSP), mga makakalikasang grupo, iba pang mga denominasyon, at mga grupo na tumututol sa
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Obispo, dismayado sa 50-pesos na wage hike – VeritasPH
Dismayado ang isang opisyal ng Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines sa kakarampot na 50-pesos na umento sa sahod ng mga minimum wage worker sa National Capital Region na inaprubahan ng Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board at Department of Labor and Employment. Ayon kay Caritas Philippines Vice-chairman Bishop Gerardo Alminaza, kulang na kulang ang
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Church labor group denounces ₱50 wage hike in NCR as ‘grossly inadequate’
A Church-based labor rights group has denounced the recent ₱50 daily wage increase in Metro Manila as grossly inadequate, describing it as a failure to respond meaningfully to the economic needs of Filipino workers. In a statement issued on June 30, Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos, chairperson of the Church People–Workers Solidarity (CWS), said […]
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Catholic bishops from Global South demand end to green capitalism, fossil fuel expansion
Church leaders from the Global South urge climate justice, reject false solutions, and call for structural transformation ahead of COP30
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Philippines biodiversity hotspot pushes back on mining
A biodiversity hotspot, Palawan also holds vast deposits of nickel, needed for everything from stainless steel to electric vehicles
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Pope Leo XIV to religious sisters: Ask, ‘Is God my everything?’
He urges religious sisters to stay rooted in Christ and to ensure that God, in every way, remains their everything
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50-pesos na wage hike, binatikos – VeritasPH
Nilinaw ni Kamanggagawa Partylist Representative Elijah San Fernando na hindi dapat ikatwiran ang maliliit na negosyo upang hadlangan ang isinusulong na legislated wage hike para sa mga manggagawa sa pribadong sektor. Sa panayam ng programang Veritas Pilipinas, binigyang-diin ni San Fernando na hindi saklaw ng panukalang batas ang mga micro-enterprises o maliliit na negosyo, batay
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Champions of gender justice in the church
As a proud trans man practicing his priesthood with the IFI, he witnessed the church’s affirming stance on gender equality
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Pope: ‘Hunger must not be used as a weapon of war’
Pope Leo XIV condemns the use of hunger as a weapon of war and expenditures on arms production instead of eradicating poverty
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CWS, dismayado sa 50-pesos na wage increase – VeritasPH
Nadismaya ang Church People - Workers Solidarity National Capital Region (CWS-NCR) sa 50-pesos na wage hike sa mga manggagawang nasa Metro Manila. Ayon CWS-NCR Chairman Father Noel Gatchalian, hindi makatao ang umento sa sahod para sa mga manggagawang Pilipino na apektado ng mabilis na inflation. "Welcome yan at least na-iincrease, pero hindi parin yan-malayo parin
