Tag: pandemic
Manila’s Quiapo church reopens
Only up to 50 devotees are allowed inside the church to pray for five minutes
Philippine Catholic schools should keep going
Catholic schools have to undertake serious fundraising efforts even as they try to find the right mix of learning opportunities for students
Philippines reports more COVID-19 cases
At least 221 of the new cases were tagged by the Health department as "fresh cases" or those validated in the past three days
Religious gatherings still prohibited despite relaxed lockdown measures
Philippine authorities denied proposals from the religious sector to allow mass gatherings for religious purposes
SPOTLIGHT: Manila’s homeless find expression in theater
Play shows struggles of homeless people before pandemic up to the time they found shelter inside a church
President Duterte highlights cash aid program in weekly report to Congress
President Duterte said about 17.6 million people have benefited from the social amelioration program of the government
More Filipino health workers infected with new coronavirus disease
The 2,606 health workers with COVID-19 make up 14.4 percent of the total number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus disease in the country
Stimulus package bill inches way to becoming a law this month
The proposed law will allow the president to realign within six months items in the budget that cannot be utilized due to the pandemic
Kalibo diocese explores possibility of ‘drive-thru communion’
The Diocese of Kalibo is implementing new policies as it goes under the more relaxed "modified general community quarantine."
‘New normal’ under pandemic’s shadow cements Philippine inequities
As businesses reopened on June 1, critics warned of state policies that could cement inequities in the country of 110 million people