CEBU CITY, May 13, 2008—“Unless the government is changed within then it is useless to effect any change in government,” thus said the latest editorial of Bag-ong Lungsoranon, a community paper of the Archdiocese of Cebu.

COTABATO CITY, May 13, 2008—Inmates of this city jail get a welcome ally among religious groups, particularly the Servant Catholic Community Committee which is under the Archbishop Mongeau Center of the Archdiocese of Cotabato.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 13, 2008—Cagayan de Oro archbishop Antonio Ledesma, SJ, said that public utility drivers are caught between two forces: the rising cost of petroleum products and the equally soaring price of basic commodities, especially rice.

OZAMIZ CITY, May 13, 2008—Catholic school authorities asked local government and police authorities to rid the schools and immediate environs of drug pushers. The illegal drug trade has already seeped into Catholic schools.

TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 13, 2008—Tuguegarao archbishop Diosdado T. Talamayan, recognizing the plight of hundreds of detainees at the Cagayan Provincial Jail, called on the provincial government for more budgetary allocations to raise the current meal allowance of prisoners from P20.00 to P40.00 and bigger appropriations for regular medical and dental check-ups.

DAVAO CITY, May 13, 2008—After a couple of weeks following the massacre of the family of Bagobo-Klata Tribal Chieftain Dominador Diarog, the Missionary Sisters of the Assumption has called on the local government for a speedy investigation.