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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Let’s end TB, panawagan ng CBCP
Nanawagan ang opisyal ng Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines na higit na pagtuunan at ipadama ang pagmamahal sa mga may karamdaman tulad ng Tuberculosis o TB.
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Manila declares Our Lady of Loreto ‘Patroness of Sampaloc’
Manila’s City Council on Thursday declared Our Lady of Loreto as the official “Patroness of Sampaloc”.
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Catholic bishop calls on local government to defend ban on open-pit mining
The bishop urged the governor to join them in “the moral imperative to act together decisively in order to save our common home”
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Philippine Caritas network renews push for legal rights to nature
Rights of Nature is a growing movement in the country spearheaded by the Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. and Caritas Philippines
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Report says Chinese authorities order parents at school to sign pledge renouncing faith
The Chinese constitution states that citizens “enjoy freedom of religious belief” but limits religious practices
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Bishop David says Lord ‘haunting’ police for killings, calls on them to repent this Lent
“It must be the Lord’s way of pranking them with a familiar image of victims many of their fellow officers had murdered extrajudicially"
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Coast Guard on heightened alert for Holy Week
First aid and rescue equipment facilities will be installed in busy tourist spots to help ensure immediate response to accidents
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Quezon town set to stage ‘living’ Stations of the Cross
The mayor said they expect thousands of local and foreign tourists to visit their town during the entire Holy Week
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Alleged killer of Jesuit priests found dead in Mexico
The priests had been working for several decades with the Raramuri, or Tarahumara, Indigenous people
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As Ramadan begins, China’s Muslims face fasting bans, monitoring and arrest
Amid Uyghur genocide, new report says Beijing is trying to erase the last of Hui Muslim culture
