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Video: Gender-based violence during COVID19 lockdown
When the pandemic lockdown began, women’s rights advocates were quick to notice the missing “gender dimension” in the government response.
PHOTOS: ‘Dry’ feast of San Juan Bautista
Authorities prohibited the traditional splashing of water during the revelry to prevent the possible spread of COVID-19
PHOTOS: Child labor in Philippines’ small-scale gold mines
June 12 is World Day Against Child Labor: There are about 152 million children in child labor, 72 million of whom are in hazardous work
PHOTOS: Joblessness forces Manila’s poor workers back to provinces
Workers from the province of Albay joined the exodus of jobless Filipinos out of the Philippine capital Manila in the wake of the pandemic
PHOTOS: Manila’s Quiapo church reopens amid pandemic
The basilica, popularly known as the Quiapo church in Manila, will allow up to 50 devotees at a time to enter and pray inside.
PHOTOS: Filipinos honor Mary amid pandemic
FILIPINOS show their love for the Virgin Mary during the Marian month of May despite the difficulties brought about by the pandemic
PHOTOS: Vatican Museums reopen
The Vatican Museums re-opened to the public on Monday after being closed for nearly three months because of the coronavirus lockdown.
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
PHOTOS: Cry for help from victims of typhoon ‘Ambo’
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, residents in coastal villages in several Eastern Samar province lost their homes to typhoon Ambo
PHOTOS: Typhoon spares not a church in central Philippines
The parish church of St. Raymond Nonnatus in the town of Arteche in Eastern Samar province was not spared by the wrath of Typhoon "Ambo."