December, 2019
The Coming of the Light
December 27, 2019 ·
The Coming of the Light Fr. Shay Cullen 27 December 2019 There will be much rejoicing and merriment at the arrival of the New Year because people see it as a chance for a new start, to move on with hope and determination to pursue their personal goals and to worship their particular “god” or […]
Read More...Maguindanao massacre: Quest for justice in sight but still out of reach
December 27, 2019 · By Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News for news.abs-cbn.com
QUEZON CITY — Folder after folder stacked neatly inside steel cabinets in a courtroom in Quezon City, records of one of the most notorious cases in Philippine history continue to pile up with each passing year. The folders—all 238 of them—belong to just one case: the brutal 2009 Maguindanao massacre, which left 58 people dead, […]
Read More...Pope Francis makes it mandatory for clergy to report sex abuse
December 27, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Pope Francis has made it mandatory for Roman Catholic clergy to report cases of clerical sexual abuse and cover-ups to the Church. In an Apostolic letter, which is set to become Church law, he makes clear that any sexual advance involving the use of power will now be considered abusive. The clarification is being seen […]
Read More...Schoolgirl ‘rape’ in India sparks parent protest
December 27, 2019 · By UCAN Reporter, New Delhi for www.ucanews.org
Angry parents in northern India have demanded action against the management of a Catholic school after an eight-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in her classroom on Dec. 13 by an older boy. The police later arrested the boy and sent him a to juvenile home following a complaint from the principal of the Sacred […]
Read More...Funding restrictions cripple Church agencies in Pakistan
December 20, 2019 · By Pakistan for www.ucanews.org
Government has revoked licences of thousands of non-governmental agencies, including Christian groups, stopping their foreign funding Christian groups in Pakistan are trying to stop the government closing their bank accounts as part of a process it says is intended to throttle foreign funding to terrorist organizations. The government has revoked the licenses of thousands of […]
Read More...Duterte certifies as urgent pay hike for teachers, other gov’t workers
December 20, 2019 · By Pia Ranada for www.rappler.com
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – President Rodrigo Duterte certified as urgent a bill that would raise the take-home pay of government workers, including public school teachers. In a letter to Senate President Vicente Sotto III dated December 13, Duterte called for the immediate enactment of Senate Bill No. 1219 or what would be the Salary Standardization Law of […]
Read More...The Real Meaning of Christmas
December 20, 2019 ·
The Real Meaning of Christmas Fr. Shay Cullen 22 December 2019 Christmas is upon us, a celebration of the birth of the most charismatic and influential human being to walk the earth. We should learn what and why we celebrate the birthday of this remarkable person who has inspired millions of people in the past […]
Read More...Double burden of obesity, undernourishment stalks world: report
December 19, 2019 · By Mariëtte Le Roux for www.ctvnews.ca
PARIS, FRANCE — Low- and middle-income countries risk seeing their development progress slashed by the double-edged sword of obesity and undernutrition, both caused by a lack of access to affordable healthy food, a report in The Lancet warned Monday. This “double burden of malnutrition”, or DBM, affects more than a third of some 130 countries classed […]
Read More...Marcos family P200 billion in ‘ill-gotten wealth’ case dismissed
December 19, 2019 · By Lian Buan for www.rappler.com
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Considered one of the “mother cases” of the Marcos forfeiture cases, the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan dismissed on Monday, December 16, Civil Case No. 0002 allowing the entire Marcos family to keep P200 billion in alleged ill-gotten wealth. The main reason for the dismissal of the case was violation of the Best […]
Read More...Sotto law allows Rappler to protect source in cyber libel case
December 19, 2019 · By Lian Buan for www.rappler.com
MANILA, Philippines – Republic Act No. 11458 or the Sotto law allows Rappler to keep its source confidential in the cyber libel trial at the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC). Complainant Wilfredo Keng’s lawyer Ryan Cruz asked Rappler witness, investigative head Chay Hofileña, who Rappler’s source was for the intelligence report cited in a 2012 story that linked his client […]
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