Tag: Newsletter
Bishop welcomes cancellation of face-to-face classes due to COVID surge
The holding of limited face-to-face classes was prohibited in areas under Alert Level 3
Philippines widens COVID-19 restrictions outside Metro Manila
Daily infections have spiked to a two-month high in January and the Health department warned of higher caseloads in the coming days
Social poets in Bethlehem
It's the simple people who first recognized the Messiah, while Herod’s army were maliciously scheming and the whole of Bethlehem was sleeping
Prayers, petitions and boycotts: Desmond Tutu’s climate activism
Archbishop Desmond Tutu became an environmental icon as the effects of global warming became more apparent
Taiwan retains capital punishment, undermines claim to be bastion of rights
Despite its frequent use against dissidents during decades of martial law, most polls show Taiwanese still support the death penalty
North Koreans, already hungry, now short of cooking oil
North Korea needs external food aid to meet its basic needs, according to a report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Philippines now ‘high risk’ for COVID-19
On Monday, January 3, the Department of Health recorded 4,084 new COVID-19 cases with 497 recoveries and 16 deaths
Quiapo Church to also temporarily close until January 6
The church will re-open on January 7 in preparation for the Feast of the Black Nazarene
Third Hong Kong news company shutters as media fears grow
CitizenNews is the third media outlet to shutter as Beijing oversees a sweeping crackdown on dissent
Manila church closed after priest, 3 staff test positive for COVID-19
The National Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus has suspended public Masses for two weeks from December 31 until January 14
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