April, 2020
Philippine seminary takes in trapped tourists
April 15, 2020 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Saint Joseph Seminary in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, has found itself providing shelter to 18 trapped tourists left stranded by the enhanced community quarantine on Luzon, the Philippines’ largest island. The tourists arrived for a holiday on Palawan, a large island southwest of Luzon, on March 11. However, the government canceled all international and domestic […]
Read More...Duterte reassures poor amid virus emergency
April 14, 2020 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has praised the commitment shown by health workers and reassured Filipinos of his government’s determination to help them and defeat Covid-19. In a televised address to the nation on March 30, Duterte pledged to look after low-income households and those relying on a daily wage through a 200 billion peso (US$4 billion) […]
Read More...Philippine Health Department criticized for ‘overpriced’ Covid gear
April 14, 2020 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A Philippine lawmaker has questioned the Department of Health’s procurement of “overpriced” personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers taking care of Covid-19 patients. According to Senator Grace Poe, 1.4 billion pesos (US$28 million) or 1,800 pesos per set of protective equipment is “too much” considering that similar equipment is being sold for as little as […]
Read More...Philippine doctors among worst-hit Covid-19 casualties
April 14, 2020 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 12 doctors in the Philippines, while at least seven are quarantined in hospitals after testing positive, according to the Philippine Medical Association. The number of deaths among doctors accounts for almost 17 percent of the 71 recorded fatalities caused by Covid-19. “We are still grieving but at this […]
Read More...These Missionaries Will Spread Disease to Isolated Tribes, Not the Word of God
April 14, 2020 · By Care2 Team for www.thepetitionsite.com
In 1987, missionaries with Ethnos360 (then called New Tribes Mission), made contact with a small isolated tribe in the northern state of Pará, Brazil. The western missionaries tried to coax the tribespeople into interactions by offering them “gifts” in hopes of eventually convincing them to accept the word of Christ. By 1991, 45 members of the […]
Read More...Japan’s climate plan sends ‘wrong signal’
April 14, 2020 · By Somini Sengupta and Brad Plumer for www.nytimes.com
This is the year that all countries are due to update their climate targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement, and all eyes are on the world’s biggest industrialized countries: Will they strengthen their targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions? On Monday, amid the global coronavirus pandemic, Japan became the first of the world’s richest countries […]
Read More...Who Was the Resurrected Jesus of Nazareth?
April 13, 2020 ·
Who Was the Resurrected Jesus of Nazareth? Fr. Shay Cullen 12 April 2020 When the sun rises and spreads its light upon the world and on our lives, the darkness of the night and death is gone. The coming of the light is hope and strength for all people of good will. The Resurrection […]
Read More...Philippines police to escort health workers, following attacks
April 13, 2020 ·
Philippines (CNN) The Philippines central government has informed local police units to assist and escort all health workers to medical facilities, following reports of attacks, according to state-run media agency Philippines News Agency (PNA). Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said threatening the safety of health workers amid the health crisis is “unacceptable,” at a virtual press conference […]
Read More...Chinese Coast Guard Patrols Near Philippine-occupied Second Thomas Shoal
April 13, 2020 · By Drake Long and Jason Gutierrez Washington and Manila for www.benarnews.org
A Chinese Coast Guard ship that was deployed during recent pressure campaigns in the South China Sea in Malaysian and Indonesian waters is now patrolling near land features claimed by the Philippines, ship-tracking data shows. The deployment of the ship, which has the call-sign “Chinacoastguard 5302,” near the Philippine-occupied Second Thomas Shoal and two other […]
Read More...Ramon Ang on extending Luzon-wide quarantine: Between life and money, I’ll choose life
April 13, 2020 · By CNN Philippines Staff for cnnphilippines.com
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 1) — Business tycoon Ramon Ang downplayed the negative impact of the enhanced community quarantine on businesses, saying he’ll “choose life over money.” “At this point, what is more important are lives, not money,” Ang said in an interview with CNN Philippines. “We can make money again but life, once you lose it, […]
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