The fact that we’re one of the last few countries without a divorce law until now speaks volumes about us as a nation. No doubt, those who associate divorce with being progressive would laud our legislators who are currently raring to pass a divorce bill...
(Taguig City). Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi today committed his full support to implement the directive of President Rodrigo R. Duterte to remove the barriers to rural electrification. In a meeting last 6 March with Secretary Cusi and Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chair...
(Taguig City). Three off-grid areas in Mindanao and Bohol were chosen as the pilot sites for the collaboration involving the Department of Energy (DOE), National Electrification Administration and the European Union-Access to Sustainable Energy Program (EU-ASEP). The DOE and NEA on Friday (2 March) presented the...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="19730,19731"] DAVAO CITY---After the news broke out of his first appointment for this year of Msgr. Abel Apigo as new bishop of Mati last February 10, Pope Francis has made two new appointments just this month. Bishop Jose Romeo Lazo of San Jose de...
Success doesn’t happen in an instant. Rather it is given to those who are driven and eager to take risks. Often perceived as liabilities, Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) tend to oppose that perception and are now making noise in the corporate world. Fueled with the desire...
[caption id="attachment_19613" align="alignright" width="350"] (Photo Courtesy ECBA CBCP)[/caption]The 22nd National Bible Congress initiated by the Episcopal Commission on the Biblical Apostolate (ECBA) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) was held in Golden Prince Hotel, Cebu City, February 5-8, 2018. Some 245 priests, nuns...
According to Archit. Chito Gavino III, a member of the Kilos-Pederal Para sa Pagbabago, the Filipino people are now confronted with two courses of action. One is to support a Revolutionary Government to shift to a Federal-Parliamentary Constitution for adoption of our people via nationwide...
Davao Catholic Herald publishes this week the homily delivered by Monsignor Dennis Villarojo at the funeral mass of the late Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal, on October 26, 2017. The funeral rites of the prelate was witnessed by 55, 000 Cebuanos, supporters, and Catholic religious, including...
A closer look on the life of Valderosa [caption id="attachment_18489" align="alignright" width="350"] Roberto W. Valderosa, Jr. on a speech (Photo: Bureau of Public Information Office)[/caption] On June 19, President Rodrigo R. Duterte appointed Roberto Leopoldo W. Valderosa Jr. as Commissioner of the Civil Service Commission (CSC). On...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="18160,18164,18165,18166"] DAVAO City---Church leaders from different parts of Mindanao are gathering to look into the plight of indigenous peoples (IP) as well as the issues confronting the Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) in Mindanao. More than 200 bishops, priests, religious, and lay leaders working in...