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Church leaders and migrant groups in the Philippines have expressed opposition to a government plan to make mandatory the payment of health insurance premium for migrant workers.

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said his appointment as cardinal bishop of the Catholic Church was "unexpected."

The Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas appealed to the government to allow the holding of religious gatherings in areas under "general community quarantine."

The head of the Order of Preachers, or Dominicans, in the Philippines has stopped the retrenchment of workers at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital in Manila on May 4.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman congratulated Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle for his appointment as cardinal bishop, the highest rank a cardinal can get.

As food and water ran out, they began to die of starvation, thirst, and beatings

Pope Francis has called for global unity in the search for a vaccine against the new coronavirus disease that continues to claim the lives of thousands of people around the world.

The odds of peace talks between the Philippine government and communist-led rebels getting restarted may be nil at this point.

On May 3, 2000, Claretian missionary priest Rhoel Gallardo, a quiet, simple missionary died in a crossfire between the bandit Abu Sayyaf group and the Philippine military.

Philippine Catholic bishops have extolled the appointment of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to the "Order of Cardinal Bishops," the highest rank in the College of Cardinals.