ANTIPOLO City, Sept. 1, 2010—Migrant workers’ watchdog, Migrante Middle East (ME) urges Vice President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) chair to scrap the mandatory Pag-IBIG membership for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) amid news reports of irregularities in acquiring for loan to fund a housing project by a private real estate firm in Pampanga.
Laoag launches Matrimonal Tribunal
LAOAG City, Sept. 1, 2010— The Diocese of Laoag has launched a Matrimonial Tribunal, the first in the Ilocos Region.
Rev. Fr. Noel Ian G. Rabago, who just came back to the diocese with a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome has been appointed judicial vicar by Bishop Sergio Utleg.
Lack of sleep contributes to road mishaps—NGO
IMUS, Cavite, Sept. 1, 2010—The Institute for Occupational Health, Safety and Development (IOHSAD), Inc., a work safety non-governmental organization (NGO), has told the Land Transport Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) that it should dig deeper on the real causes of road mishaps, involving provincial buses.
Muslim leaders endorse CDO archbishop to peace negotiating team
CAGAYAN DE ORO City, Sept. 1, 2010—Muslim leaders in Northern Mindanao and Caraga Regions have endorsed the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro to sit in the government panel negotiating peace with the Muslim separatist group in Mindanao.
Evangelical bishop backs revival of death penalty
MANILA, August 31, 2010— A bishop of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) renewed his support on Senator Miguel Zubiri’s proposal for reimposition of the death penalty in the country.
“We are in favor of death penalty as it is biblical,” PCEC national director Bishop Efraim Tendero said in a statement in the wake of the bloody Manila hostage last Monday.
Bishop calls for justice in Manila hijacking
MANILA, August 31, 2010— A Catholic bishop is calling on the government to ensure those responsible in the bloody turnout of last week’s hostage incident are brought to justice.
Church officials supervised a memorial service for the fatalities on Tuesday at the Quirino Grandstand, the area where the hostage drama took place.
