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“Can we not have justice with compassion?”

PPE DONATION. Knights of Columbus Manila Council 1000 delivered some
Personal Protective Equipments to support the community clinics and frontliners health workers within the Baseco Compound, Port Area, Manila.

The University of Santo Tomas Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies (UST CCWLS) will be holding its annual National Writers' Workshop from November 9 to December 2, 2020, 5-8 PM via Zoom Conference for the first time in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The South China Sea has long been a major field of contention between the United States and China, with the US actively challenging China’s claim to sovereignty over most of the sea within a nine-dash line, and constantly sending ships and planes into the area asserting freedom of navigation in what it considers international waters. China, however, sees these flights as provocations.

Jesus teaches His disciples how to be rich before God. Elsewhere, in the parable of the Pearl of Great Price (cf Mt 13:45-46), He calls the Kingdom of God the greatest treasure. One is led to sell all his possessions in order to purchase that one precious pearl.

Filipino dining in Philippine literature.

October, internationally observed as breast cancer awareness month, always meant a plethora of activities from fun runs to mall-based pop-up booths to raise awareness about breast cancer screening, as well as to raise funds for patients under treatment.

The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech. They sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are a truthful man and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. And You are not concerned with anyone’s opinion, for You do not regard a person’s status. Tell us, then, what is Your opinion: Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?” Knowing their malice, Jesus said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites? Show Me the coin that pays the census tax.” Then they handed Him the Roman coin. He said to them, “Whose image is this and whose inscription?” They replied, “Caesar’s.” At that He said to them, “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”

Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta led a group that inspected the dolomite sand beach in Manila Bay last Wednesday, along with Associate Justices Rodil Zalameda, Mario Lopez, Edardo delos Santos, and Ricardo Rosario.

Plastics, which are relatively lightweight, strong, and easily molded into various forms—have no doubt revolutionized our everyday lives and provided convenience in the way we consume products.

With traffic in Metro Manila fast returning to pre-pandemic congestion, there was welcome news last Tuesday – the 18-kilometer Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 was finally completed after almost four years of construction work at a cost of P44.8 billion.

The Food and Drug Administration of the Philippines (FDA) has clarified that it has not revoked the approval of Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Tests.

Jesus’ heart goes out to the thousands who follow him and his disciples. They are starting to hurt themselves as they trample upon one another. Jesus sees in this sea of people the great future that lies before his disciples. Multitudes will hound them; thus, the disciples ought to prepare themselves by becoming servant leaders of a different mold.

One development arising from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is the huge drop in industrial activity around the world, as factories shut down, millions of cars stayed off the roads, and people stayed home in lockdowns ordered by governments to help stop the spread of the virus.

The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) continued to find itself in hot water following what consumer groups viewed as a flawed and biased virtual public consultation on the guidelines for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) last week.

Rigorous government enforcement actions against illicit cigarette trade bared interlocking ties among companies that were subject of a series of raids and seizures.

Advancing its commitment to support government efforts in the fight against COVID-19, Meralco powers up two of Marikina City’s new quarantine and treatment centers - the Marikina Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office’s quarantine treatment facility and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) - funded isolation facility. The energization of these projects involves the installation of metering facilities, forty (40) meters of secondary service wires, and four (4) distribution transformers. Completion of these priority projects assures the front liners, patients and the medical staff of stable and uninterrupted supply of electricity to the new centers.