Pope Francis appoints Tagle to ‘Vatican’s central bank’, says CBCP

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 02/24/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis has named former Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle as a member of an office in the Roman Curia that acts as the “Vatican’s central bank,” the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the…

Health workers seeking pay hike say nothing has changed since pandemic started

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 02/16/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) says it would continue to ask the government for an increase in the salaries of medical frontliners as nothing has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared early…

Groups slam ‘forced’ rescue of Lumad students in Cebu City

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 02/16/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Left-leaning organizations have denounced the alleged rescue operations for Lumad students in Cebu City, saying the police’s actions have caused stress upon evacuees. Rights group Karapatan said the term “rescue operation” negates what a…

DILG to LGUs: Validation of road clearing operations starts Feb. 16

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 02/16/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The validation of road clearing operations by local government units will run from Feb. 16 to March 2, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Monday in a statement reminding…

Pregnancy among girls aged below 15 rose by 7% in 2019 – PopCom

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 02/09/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The number of girls aged 15 and below who got pregnant in 2019 increased by 7 percent compared to the 2018 data, the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) said. According to PopCom, the…

Duterte softens stance on alleged corrupt solons: All presumed innocent

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 12/29/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte clarified on Monday that his naming House members linked to corruption was not a pronouncement of a guilty verdict, but that he merely read names that popped up in a list.…

SWS: More families see themselves ‘borderline food-poor’ compared to 2019

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 12/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — More Filipino families have rated themselves as “borderline food-poor” compared to previous surveys in 2019, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed on Monday. From just 28 percent of families who believe they were…

Slain Los Baños mayor got death threats after narcolist inclusion – town exec

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 12/05/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Los Baños, Laguna town Mayor Caesar Perez received death threats after being included in the Duterte administration’s “narcolist” or the list of public officials allegedly involved in the drug trade, a municipal official said…

Makati, Baguio, Davao among 7 high-risk areas for COVID-19 transmissions

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 11/26/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Seven cities and towns in Luzon and Mindanao have been listed as high-risk areas for COVID-19 transmissions, OCTA Research said in its report released on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. In Luzon, these are Makati…

CHR to Duterte: Instead of sexist jokes, respond to women’s needs amid calamities

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 11/25/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to respond to the needs of women and children amid the recent typhoons and the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of entertaining sexist jokes during…

LPA may affect Mindanao by weekend; rain looms over eastern PH due to frontal system

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 11/24/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Eastern parts of the country, especially near the Bicol Region, may experience rain and thunderstorms because of the tail-end of a frontal system, or the area where cold and dry winds from the northeast…

SWS: 4% of PH households still have no toilets; 6% share facilities

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 11/24/2020

MANILA, Philippines — There are still four percent of households in the country without any toilets while another six percent have to share toilets with other households, a survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed. According…

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