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MANILA, Feb. 5, 2012—The National Secretariat for Social Action, Justice and Peace of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines is pursuing its social preparation program in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan to help typhoon victims get back on their feet again.

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MANILA, Feb. 4, 2012— A Requiem Mass will be held for the thousands of Filipino civilians who died during the “Battle of Manila” in the early 1945.

To be led by Bishop Leopoldo Tumulak of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines, the service will be held at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros at 10 a.m. on February 13.

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MANILA, Feb. 3, 2012— The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting said it is all set for tomorrow’s special elections in Zambales province.

PPCRV national chairperson Henrietta De Villa said they have about 1,000 volunteers assigned as poll watchers to ensure a credible election in the second congressional district of Zambales.

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MANILA, Feb. 3, 2012—Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) President and Cebu Archbishop Jose S. Palma stressed the significant role of women in society as he addressed a crowd of over a hundred women at a conference organized by Women in Nation Building in the Catholic Church (WNB-CC), February 1.

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MANILA, Feb. 3, 2012—The Salesians of Don Bosco will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in the Philippines with a fun run on February 26 at the Quirino Grandstand.

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MANILA, Feb. 3, 2012—The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) turned 71 years old on February 2, which also marked CEAP’s first ascent towards CEAP 75, a five-year vision seen as opportunity for the association to establish its legacy and create a more profound connection between Catholic students and educators and CEAP’s Mission.

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MANILA, Feb. 2, 2012-- A Catholic bishop has appealed to the Aquino administration to impose a moratorium on mining in Eastern Samar to protect the province’s remaining forests.

Borongan Bishop Crispin Varquez said that several large-scale and small-scale mining operations in the province do not guarantee responsible mining, environment protection and rehabilitation.

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MANILA, Feb. 2, 2012—A total of P6 million in cash donations has been given by Caritas Damay Kapanalig to the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro and the Diocese of Iligan to aid the rehabilitation programs for the victims of typhoon Sendong.

Caritas Damay Kapanalig is a joint disaster relief and rehabilitation program of Caritas Manila and Radyo Veritas 846.

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MANILA, Feb. 2, 2012— A Catholic archbishop has voiced support over the proposed reinvestigation of the mystery surrounding the “Jose Pidal” account.

“I think in fairness of justice and truth this matter should be pursued so that there will be closure,” said retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz.

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ANTIPOLO City, Feb. 2. 2012—Youth group Anakbayan had expressed doubts over the Independent Review Committee (IRC) created by the Department of Energy (DOE) to review the statement of accounts (SOA) of big oil companies to see if there is indeed overpricing on their pump prices in the past year.

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ANTIPOLO City, Feb. 2, 2012—One of the largest urban poor alliance in the Philippines, Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) said Social Welfare Sec. Corazon “Dinky” J. Soliman is mere sloganeering when she said that the drop of poverty incidence in the country is due to the Government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program.

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ANTIPOLO City, Feb. 1, 2012—Migrant workers’ group in the Mid-East cautions the government to “go slow” in deploying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle-East and North African (MENA) region as political and social upheavals continue in the area.

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COTABATO City, Feb. 1, 2012—Cotabato Auxiliary Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo said the city is relatively peaceful compared to previous decades when violent incidents seemed to be a regular fare for the city residents.

This, despite the January 10 ambush of Vice Mayor Muslimin Sema which created a bit of tension among residents because of possible retaliatory action.

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ANTIPOLO City, Feb. 1, 2012—Cases of human rights violations, particularly those related to the protection of the environment, should be treated with equal footing, just like Chief Justice Renato Corona’s case.

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SAN CARLOS City, Feb. 1, 2011—The Missionary Community in San Carlos City celebrated the feast of Sto. Niño and the Holy Childhood Sunday last January 15 through a children “Sinulog” presentation.

Around 150 missionary children gathered at Balay sa Nazaret and held a procession to the chapel. The children prayed for the whole world represented by the five continents.

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MANILA, Jan. 31, 2012— Man is ontologically, but not morally, free, because he is obligated to search for the truth in all its aspects, a Catholic bishop said.

Mati Bishop Patricio Alo said that in matters of religion, a person do have an air of freedom because none is supposed to be forced into any religion against his or her well.

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MANILA, Jan. 26, 2012— Two Catholic bishops believed that Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Ronald Llamas should be sacked for setting bad example to the public.

Bishops Jose Oliveros of Malolos and Arturo Bastes of Sorsogon said this is to prove that the Aquino administration is not tolerating wrongful acts committed by its officials.

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ANTIPOLO City, Jan. 26, 2012—Farmworker-beneficiaries (FWBs) of the disputed Hacienda Luisita are worried about the possible “maneuvering” by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to prevent the execution of the November 2011 decision of the Supreme Court favoring the distribution of the 6,000-hectare sugar estate of the Cojuangco clan in Tarlac City.

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MANILA, Jan. 26, 2012— The “unpreparedness” of the prosecution team only shows that the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona was railroaded, a Catholic prelate said.

Retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz said that the allies of the Aquino administration in the Lower House are just after ousting Corona and not for a judicious process of impeachment.

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ANTIPOLO City, Jan. 26, 2012—The latest Global Employment Trends (GET) released by the International Labor Office in Geneva recently, is a concrete proof that the present administration has failed to draw lessons from the series of work-related tragedies, particularly of what happened in the condo being built by Lucio Tan-owned Eton Properties Philippines Inc.

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