Groups want laws based on ILO convention

CHURCH workers from trade unions and other groups took part in a regional conference on working conditions for domestic helpers which finished on October 26 in Makati City.

Interfaith meeting for peace links to Assisi

MANILA Church leaders hosted an interfaith prayer for world peace on Thursday “in solidarity” with participants of various religions invited by Pope Benedict XVI to the World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi.

International group condemns Catholic radio “arson”

INTERNATIONAL press freedom advocate Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres/RSF) condemned the arson attack on Wednesday on the Catholic Church-owned radio station dzVT in San Jose, in Occidental Mindoro.

Archbishop Tagle at Quebec Eucharistic Congress

Manila Archbishop-elect Luis Antonio Tagle at 2008 Eucharistic Congress in Canada

Restraint policy on attacks wins praise

A Spanish missionary priest and the US ambassador have praised President Benigno Aquino for showing restraint in dealing with recent alleged rebel attacks on troops.

Hunger on the rise, survey reports

ONE in five households or an estimated 4.3 million families nationwide experienced having nothing to eat in the last three months, results of a Sept. 4-7 poll Social Weather Stations showed.

Marcos San Juan property confiscated

THE Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) has confiscated a 1,584-square-meter property in San Juan City owned by the Marcoses to exact payment for funds transferred to their private account from the National Food Authority coffers in 1983.

Commission cracks down on schools

THE Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) is cracking down on substandard courses in schools of higher learning, closing poor quality programs in at least two institutions in less than a week.

St Paul’s Cathedral chief resigns over Occupy London

CHURCH of England’s Dr Giles Fraser has resigned as Canon Chancellor of St. Paul’s Cathedral after hearing of plans to forcibly remove hundreds of protesters from the cathedral’s steps.

UNESCO headed for crisis ahead of Palestine vote

THE UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) general assembly that began on Tuesday is headed for crisis as it sets out to vote on Palestinian membership.

Monks launch hunger strike

BUDDHIST monks and relatives yesterday began a hunger strike to demand the release of fishermen detained in the Andaman islands in the Indian Ocean.

‘Til 2013 do us part? Mexico mulls 2-year marriage

MEXICO City lawmakers want to help newlyweds avoid the hassle of divorce by giving them an easy exit strategy: temporary marriage licenses.

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