Tag: Negros
Caritas Philippines seeks papal blessing and urges government action for political...
Calls for action amid rising tensions and reported human rights violations against political prisoners in Negros Island
Dumaguete diocese asks Marcos to veto creation of Negros region
The church leaders pointed out how creating the NIR threatens to exacerbate the inequalities between Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental
Bishops back renewable energy campaign in NegOcc
The bishops called on the public to support the program and work together for a “just energy transition that respects our common home”
Farmers challenge Marcos to fast-track land distribution
“It is really frustrating. We have long been waiting for the process to be completed. How many more years do we have to wait?”
Unfinished business: Philippines’ land reform program
Aging and in their twilight years, farmers interviewed by TFM lament the frustratingly slow land distribution process
Encounter or massacre?
“Violence has a source, and that source is injustice. Violence is the fruit of the tree of injustice and hatred is its evil flower."
Bishop seeks justice for slain family of four in central Philippines
A Catholic bishop on Sunday lamented the slaughter of four members of a peasant family in the central Philippine province of Negros Occidental.
“I implore...
Church bells in central Philippine diocese toll for victims of massacre...
The tolling of bells aims to remind people that “life is sacred” and that justice must be served for those who perished
Under Marcos, Negros’ lush sugar lands turned red
A system of injustice had propped up the elite of Negros’ monocrop economy for more than a century