Rescuers seek survivors as Philippine landslide death toll climbs
Manila, Philippines Reuters Rescue workers recovered more bodies on Friday, raising the death toll from a landslide that struck a southern Philippine province to 27, but hopes of finding more survivors remain after a child was saved earlier in the day. Rescuers vacate residents following a landslide in the village of Masara, Maco, Davao de […]
United Methodists: Legislation aims to “decolonise”, give parity to non-US conferences
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports that a proposed regionalisation plan would undo the dominance and control of the US church and make it on par with United Methodist conferences abroad…
The number of missing from a landslide that struck a southern Philippine province rose to 110 on Thursday as rescuers recovered more bodies, bringing the official death toll to 11, disaster officials said.
Manila, The Philippines Reuters The number of missing from a landslide that struck a southern Philippine province rose to 110 on Thursday as rescuers recovered more bodies, bringing the official death toll to 11, disaster officials said. Police officers carry a body bag as search and rescue operations continue in the landslide-hit village of Masara, […]
Philippines ready to use “forces” to quell any secession attempt – official
Manila, The Philippines Reuters The Philippine Government is ready to use “authority and forces” against attempts to divide the nation, a security official said Sunday, after former President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to separate some southern islands from the rest of the archipelago. Duterte has called for the independence of his hometown Mindanao from the Philippines […]
Philippines will not “lift a finger” to assist ICC’s drug war probe
Manila, Philippines Reuters The Philippine Government will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s investigation into a brutal anti-narcotics campaign, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr, said on Tuesday. “I consider it as a threat to our sovereignty. Therefore, the Philippine government will not lift a finger to help any investigation that the ICC conducts,” Marcos told […]
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 […]
South China Sea: Filipino fishermen caught in debt net in Scarborough Shoal row
With tensions rising in the South China Sea, Filipino fishermen say they face ruin as China blocks them from key fishing ground. MARIEJO RAMOS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Philippine military says manhunt underway for bombing suspects
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters A “massive” manhunt is underway for the attackers who bombed a Catholic Mass that killed four people in the southern Philippines, a senior military officer said on Monday, vowing to do everything possible to bring the perpetrators to justice. Police are looking into at least two suspects they believe were behind the […]
Updated: Philippine quake aftershocks force thousands to stay in evacuation centres
Updated: 3:30pm (AEDT) Manila, The PhilippinesReuters Strong aftershocks from an earthquake that has killed at least three people and a new tremor in southern Philippines are forcing thousands of residents to stay in evacuation centres, disaster officials said on Monday. “We are scared up to now because of the aftershocks,” Alex Arana, disaster agency chief […]