Filipino Catholics pray for Middle East peace in massive procession venerating a black statue of Jesus
Manila Philippines AP A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Tuesday in an annual procession in the Philippines’ capital that paraded a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Many said they prayed for peace in the Middle East, where tens of thousands of Filipinos work, as fears rise of a spread of the Israel-Hamas war, […]
Philippines’ Black Nazarene feast draws hundreds of thousands of devotees
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters The streets of the Philippine capital turned into a sea of maroon and yellow on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees joined a procession in honour of the Black Nazarene in Asia’s largest Catholic nation. The centuries-old tradition of paying homage to the black wooden statue of Jesus Christ, believed […]
Filipino Catholics hold big procession after pandemic eases
Manila, Philippines AP Thousands of Catholic devotees, many donning protective masks and bearing candles, joined a night procession through downtown Manila early Sunday to venerate a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ, which was not paraded to discourage an even larger crowd amid lingering fears of COVID-19. The more than 80,000 devotees who church officials […]
Updated: Powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes Philippines; at least five dead
Updated: 8:30am, 28th July, 2022 (AEST)Manila, The PhilippinesReuters A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday killing at least five people, damaging buildings and sending strong tremors through the capital, Manila. At least 64 people were injured and 173 buildings damaged, officials said, many in Abra province, just 11 […]
Philippines cancels ‘Black Nazarene’ parade again on COVID-19 concerns
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters Philippine authorities have cancelled an annual procession, which normally draws millions of Catholic devotees accompanying a black wooden statue of Jesus Christ through the streets of Manila, for a second straight year due to coronavirus concerns. The government’s coronavirus task force cancelled the “Black Nazerene” procession, which is one of the country’s […]
Philippine ‘river warriors’ fight tide of trash for cleaner future
Manila, PhilippinesReuters Each morning, a group of Filipinos rakes up piles of trash on the banks of one of the world’s most polluted rivers, filling sacks in an endless pursuit to clean a waterway that is also a major source of ocean plastics. These “river warriors” are a decade-old group of about 100 people who […]
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WATER: AS RAINS FALL SHORT, MANILA TRICKLES INTO A CRISIS
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Bamboo house for Manila slums wins top prize in future cities contest
Thomson Reuters Foundation The creator of a low-cost house made of bamboo to tackle the chronic shortage of affordable housing in the Philippine capital has won a top international prize to design future cities in a rapidly urbanising world. Earl Forlales, 23, won the first prize from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in its […]
HOUSING: WITH COMMUNITY LOANS, MANILA SLUM DWELLERS BUILD HOMES
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how communities in The Philippines are finding solutions to accommodation shortfalls…