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Decolonization, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific

It is important for the international community to keep an eye on the ball about what is important to the Pacific

‘Taong Putik’: A unique display of piety

During the Japanese occupation, villagers would conceal themselves in the fields, praying to Saint John the Baptist for rain to evade capture

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Sustainable investing in Diocese of San Carlos

Another way the Diocese of San Carlos is exhibiting the figurative “walk the talk” is on where its current finances are placed
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