BANAYBANAY, DAVAO ORIENTAL---Recognizing the role of young people in the development of the country, a leadership summit was held in this municipality to empower young people and make them partners in peace-building. The Youth Leadership Summit Banaybanay was organized by the Youth for Peace Movement...
LAY leaders, religious and priests from different dioceses in Mindanao joined the three-day Trainors’ Training on the Year of the Poor at the Rivier Retreat House in Catalunan Grande, Davao City, April 20-April 22. The facilitators came from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-National Secretariat...
St. Camillus Hospital of Mati continues to provide medical and pastoral care for the sick of Davao Oriental. CITY OF MATI---The only private hospital run by a Catholic congregation in this city is celebrating 17 years of providing hospital care for the people of the city...
ISULAN, SULTAN KUDARAT---Though the Archdiocese of Cotabato highly needs more priests to serve the one million population of the local church, Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, the archbishop of Cotabato says quality over quantity matters. In his homily during the presbyteral ordination of Fr. Rex Carnaso, March 24...
[caption id="attachment_6411" align="alignleft" width="300"] Gaira Nelson[/caption]Gaira Nelson, 23, never thought that her passport to her dreams will be her academic scholarship. Thanks to the Claret Samal Foundation, Inc. which is handled by the Claretian Missionaries, her desire to finish her studies was fulfilled. Gaira started her...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY---Taking their news gathering and reporting skills on a different level, journalists from the different parts of Mindanao participated in the seminar on civic journalism organized by the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) March 19-21. Held at the Stonewood Hotel here, veteran and young journalists...
DAVAO CITY---Mila Suemith found a better life the time that she learned about agri-organic hog raising, which accordingly she will not have if she landed on a different job. Thanks to the skills training she got from the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Suemith and...
EARLY morning Sunday, the Bangcailans, a family of five, rushed to reach the Freedom Park in Davao City to join for the first time this year’s Happy Walk. They did it for Shawnn Noel, their two-year-old son with Down Syndrome. A yearly event to highlight the...
Dr. Cheryl Vilog has taken part in the writing of the volume 2 of the Datu Bago Awardees. During the Conferment of Datu Bago Awardees for 2015 and the book launching last March 14, at the Royal Mandaya Hotel, Vilog was recognized for her role as...
In a sea of crowd of men in uniform---from blue to camouflage, silence was heard, as the Holy Mass in honor of the 44 Special Action Force was held in San Pedro Cathedral, Davao City, March 5. Archbishop Romulo G. Valles officiated the Holy Eucharist on...