January, 2002
Philippine News Digest 14
January 28, 2002 ·
Contents: 4 in 10 Filipinos live on P36 a day Probe held in towns with cassava project Internet gets Pope’s imprimatur Vigilante killings won’t stop US starts military build up in South 4 of 10 Filipinos live on less than P38 a day Four in every 10 Filipinos are poor, living on less than P38 […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 13
January 17, 2002 ·
Contents: Bishop demands probe of Surigao Sur killings Suspected drug lord shot dead Court of Appeals acquits fraternity members Probe of e-mail order brides urged Mutated poliovirus resurfaces in polio-free RP Bishop demands probe of Surigao Sur killings Bishop Nerio Ochimar of the Archdiocese of Tandag asked the police to investigate those who were behind […]
Read More...PREDA NEW YEAR NEWSLETTER January 2002
January 2, 2002 ·
Shay Cullen On November 15th her friends and admirers and all our relatives packed St. Joseph’s Church, Glasthule, the parish where Mam seldom missed daily Mass. I grew up in Glasthule and was an altar boy since I was eight, from there I joined the Missionary Society of St. Columban. There were several Columban sisters […]
Read More...FfD and children
January 1, 2002 ·
EVERY DAY this year, 30,000 children will lose the fight they are waging for life. Seven million children will perish before reaching their first birthday, and over ten million will die before the age of 5. Of those children winning their fight for survival, 113 million have no access to primary education, 60% of them girls. Millions more do not complete the five years of schooling needed to develop the basic literacy and math skills that would last them a lifetime.
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