Churches reopen on July 11

Tina G. Santos - Philippine Daily Inquirer 07/08/2020

Catholic Church leaders are reminding the faithful to adhere to health protocols against the coronavirus as churches reopen for religious activities after restrictions were eased in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ). Religious gatherings in churches and…

DOH cites downward trend in COVID-19 mortality rate

Tina G. Santos - Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday reported a downward trend in the mortality rate of COVID-19 in the country as of mid-June despite the increase in validated death cases reported in the last…

Lockdown depletes parish funds

Tina G. Santos - Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/19/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Quarantine restrictions to check the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) affect not only workers and businesses but also parishes that rely on collections during Mass. Bishop Broderick Pabillo, Manila’s apostolic administrator, described as…

CBCP issues guidelines for liturgical celebrations

Tina G. Santos - Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/18/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino Catholic bishops have issued guidelines for liturgical celebrations under the “new normal” condition. Davao Archbishop and Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Romulo Valles said the Holy Eucharist “is central and…

DOH on alert for return of dengue during COVID-19 pandemic

Tina G. Santos - Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/27/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines faces a struggle on two health fronts in the coming rainy season, with the return of dengue compounding efforts to drive away the new coronavirus. But the Department of Health (DOH) says…

SEA Games athletes’ village will be quarantine site–DOH

Tina G. Santos - Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/07/2020

The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday identified Athletes’ Village in New Clark City, Tarlac province, as a quarantine area for Filipinos who would be evacuated from the locked-down province of Hubei in central China, the epicenter…

Travelers monitored for mystery illness

Tina G. Santos - Philippine Daily Inquirer 01/06/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Sunday ordered the Bureau of Quarantine to intensify surveillance of travelers coming to the Philippines amid reports of the outbreak of a mystery disease in China. The order…

Tagle’s new post may boost his chances of becoming Pope

Tina G. Santos - Philippine Daily Inquirer 12/11/2019

MANILA, Philippines — A former envoy to the Holy See has expressed belief that the chance of Manila archbishop, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, of becoming the first Filipino Pope may have been boosted with his new appointment…

CBCP: Proposal to ordain married men limited to certain areas

Tina G. Santos - Philippine Daily Inquirer 10/28/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The proposal for the ordination of married men is limited to the Amazon region, where there is a scarcity of clergy, an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said on…

4M Filipinos register for SK elections

Tina G. Santos - Philippine Daily Inquirer 10/09/2019

MANILA, Philippines — More than four million Filipinos signed up as voters in the recently concluded two-month voter registration conducted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) despite the fact that Congress was inching closer to postponing next…

Mocha should be covered by 1-year ban—Guanzon

Tina G. Santos - Philippine Daily Inquirer 10/04/2019

Elections Commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Thursday said she will propose that nominees of losing party-list groups, like other political candidates, be banned from being appointed to public office for one year after elections. “I am appearing in…

Filipino prelate named papal envoy to Spain

Tina G. Santos - Philippine Daily Inquirer 10/03/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis has appointed Filipino Archbishop Bernardito Auza as apostolic nuncio to Spain and Andorra less than two years before the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines…

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