Tag: Bishop Julito Cortes of Dumaguete

The Diocese of Dumaguete has expressed opposition to a government reclamation project that threatens the city's marine ecosystems

The province recorded 593 new positive infections covering the period from October 16-18, the local health office said

The priests offered the “penitential walk” for the scrapping of the controversial 174-hectare reclamation project in the city

Archbishop Palma said the Church is “not against development as it is,” but it “cannot be undertaken to cater and benefit only a few”

Bishop Cortes said even if the intention of the project promotes “economic exchange,” it would lead to an “ecological crisis”

The bishop made the statement during the city council’s online session on the controversial Php23-billion project dubbed “Smart City”

PMPI said the 23-billion-peso Private-Public Partnership project "is questionable at best, and catastrophic at worst"

Bishop Julito Cortes of Dumaguete said the community should have been consulted before the implementation of the project

Bishop Cortes of Dumaguete “acknowledges with great joy and gratitude" the decision of the commission "to disfavor the plan”

Bishop Cortes of Dumaguete said the “oratio imperata,” which will be prayed during Masses, is an expression of the call to stop the killings