The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will allow corporations enrolled in the newly launched Online Submission Tool (OST) to submit electronically signed annual financial statements (AFS) starting March 29, when the ECQ period began in the National Capital Region, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal, until...
The Archdiocese of Manila has decreed on Thursday the abolition of the arancel or the system of charging fixed rates for sacraments. Bishop Broderick Pabillo, the archdiocese’s apostolic administrator, said the new policy takes effect on April 14, as the Church marks the 500 years of...
Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Jose Advincula of Capiz as the new archbishop of Manila. The appointment was made public in Rome at 12 noon (7:00 p.m. in Manila) on Thursday, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord. Advincula will succeed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect...
On the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle reminded parents to take their obligation seriously as role models of their children. In his homily Friday, he said that ideas about righteousness, justice and charity are grasped firmly through the example of the parents. The prefect...
Pope Francis has granted a jubilee year with the inherent plenary indulgence for the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines. The pope made the decision in a decree issued on Feb. 25 to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines. The document signed...
Pope Francis has elevated a historic church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bulacan province to the rank of minor basilica. The La Purisima Concepcion Parish Church in Sta. Maria town was granted the title by the pope in an announcement from the Diocese of...
An association of Catholic historians has rejected a new book that asserts Butuan in Mindanao was the site of the first recorded Mass in the Philippines in 1521. The Church Historians’ Association of the Philippines (CHAP) adhere to the National Historical Association of the Philippines’ position...
The coronavirus crisis should not hinder efforts to protect our ‘common home’, church officials said. Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo of Caritas Philippines said that the pandemic is devastating, but failing to tackle climate change and other environmental concerns only compounds the tragedy. “There are still many challenges...
A Catholic bishop condemned the desecration of some chapels in the southern Philippine island of Basilan but said it should not derail peace-building efforts in the area. Bishop Leo Dalmao of Isabela prelature said the recent attacks will in no way distract their works to promote...
A group of Catholic schools is pushing for voter’s education, especially among senior high school students who are qualified to vote, and allow their voices to be heard. The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines – National Capital Region urged its member schools to teach their...