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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Climate campaigners slam Japan’s growing push for fossil gas in Asia
Climate activists said fossil gas is a dirty energy source that is also responsible for more global warming than previously known
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Green groups call on governments to halt OceanaGold’s mine expansion
The 37,000-hectare Didipio gold and copper mine straddles the border between the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino
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Papal nuncio urges Philippine canon lawyers to work as evangelizers
The 29th CLSP national convention was held in the Diocese of Malolos from February 27 to March 2
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Despite ‘no’ from Vatican, German bishops move forward with plans for synodal council
Bishop Georg Bätzing writes that the German bishops take the Vatican’s “concerns” about a German synodal council seriously
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Pope Francis cuts free and discounted rent for cardinals, Vatican managers
Cardinals and other officials at the Vatican will no longer be able to live in Vatican-connected apartments for free or at special prices
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SMNI, inaanyayahan ng Obispo sa mapayapang dayalogo
Naanyayahan ni San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza ang iba’t ibang sektor ng lipunan partikular na ang mga bumubuo sa istasyon ng SMNI sa isang mapayapang dayalogo at prayerful discernment para sa katotohanan at pag-ibig.
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House panel passes bill protecting human rights defenders
The bill, if enacted, would also establish a Human Rights Defenders Protection Committee
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‘Listen to the voice of the people,’ bishop appeals on behalf of residents in mining town
“It is only appropriate to respect their rights and listen to their grievances,” said the bishop
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Philippines’ Climate Change Commission partners with papal nuncio on climate action
Both the CCC and the Apostolic Nuncio acknowledged that urgent climate action is part of stewardship roles that “uphold human dignity”
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Sinking Philippine tanker sparks diesel spill
The incident also prompted Greenpeace Philippines to urge the government to eliminate the country’s reliance on fossil fuels
