Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We are totally shocked and in utter disbelief to hear about the brutal killing of Fr. Mark Ventura, Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao. Right after celebrating the Sunday Eucharist at eight o’clock in the morning today, he was shot...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="20341,20342,20343,20344,20345"] DAVAO CITY---Close to 200 delegates from different parts of the Philippines have converged here for the National Convention of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Episcopal Vicars for the Clergy. A Eucharistic celebration at the San Pedro Cathedral attended by the...
[caption id="attachment_20230" align="alignright" width="350"] Prof. Abhoud Syed Lingga of the MILF Implementing Panel believes that the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law will correct historical injustices against the Bangsamoro. During the press conference on the 4th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on...
DAVAO CITY---While recognizing the fact that there are couples who end up with ‘failed marriages’, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is asking legislators to reconsider their stance on legalizing divorce as it could destroy even those repairable marriages but...
The fact that we’re one of the last few countries without a divorce law until now speaks volumes about us as a nation. No doubt, those who associate divorce with being progressive would laud our legislators who are currently raring to pass a divorce bill...
(Taguig City). Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi today committed his full support to implement the directive of President Rodrigo R. Duterte to remove the barriers to rural electrification. In a meeting last 6 March with Secretary Cusi and Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chair...
(Taguig City). Three off-grid areas in Mindanao and Bohol were chosen as the pilot sites for the collaboration involving the Department of Energy (DOE), National Electrification Administration and the European Union-Access to Sustainable Energy Program (EU-ASEP). The DOE and NEA on Friday (2 March) presented the...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="19730,19731"] DAVAO CITY---After the news broke out of his first appointment for this year of Msgr. Abel Apigo as new bishop of Mati last February 10, Pope Francis has made two new appointments just this month. Bishop Jose Romeo Lazo of San Jose de...
Success doesn’t happen in an instant. Rather it is given to those who are driven and eager to take risks. Often perceived as liabilities, Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) tend to oppose that perception and are now making noise in the corporate world. Fueled with the desire...
[caption id="attachment_19613" align="alignright" width="350"] (Photo Courtesy ECBA CBCP)[/caption]The 22nd National Bible Congress initiated by the Episcopal Commission on the Biblical Apostolate (ECBA) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) was held in Golden Prince Hotel, Cebu City, February 5-8, 2018. Some 245 priests, nuns...