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Farmers in Bataan province appeal for stop to demolition of homes...

Several houses were demolished by a property developer after it got the approval of a local court despite the pandemic

Manila’s Quiapo Church sets up COVID-19 memorial wall

The memorial wall placed outside the church allows people to write the names of their departed loved ones

Rights group slams Duterte’s arrest order for improper wearing of masks

Karapatan says the policy is "brazenly unscientific and ineffective" and a form of "disproportionate use of force during a health crisis"

Philippine health workers bring COVID-19 vaccines to bedridden residents

The rollout of vaccinations in the Philippines has been slow and many people appear reluctant to get a shot

Catholic Church opens doors to Ramadan dinners

"We are all the same… If you are Catholic or of another religion and I am Muslim, that’s fine"

Several churches in Thailand suspend activities due to surge of COVID-19...

Bishop Joseph Phibun of Nakhon-Sawan diocese said the Catholic Church is doing its best to help in government efforts to control the outbreak

Regional legislators sound alarm over Cambodia’s ‘excessive’ pandemic response

The regional legislators noted that the rise of COVID-19 cases in Cambodia has introduced “a slew of harsh laws and other measures”

Divert weapons money to pandemic research, pope says at prayer marathon

Pope Francis said money spent on armaments should be used instead to prevent future outbreaks

Interconnectedness

One of the most hopeful signs in the Philippines in the midst of this pandemic has been the multiplication of community pantries

In search of ‘communist’ pantries

It is futile to search for “communist” pantries .... If it is “terrorists” that we fear, then it is wiser to fear the “terrorist” in us

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