The Manila city government shared the city 's best communication and broadcasting practices with the South Cotabato Provincial Information Office (PIO) to help boost information dissemination and coordination with the public. Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso and City Information...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) apologized for presenting alleged recycled photos of the aftermath of the magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Davao Oriental on Friday, Oct. 10. Earlier in the day, the PNP issued updates on the earthquake response efforts of the Davao Police Regional Office (PRO-11)...
A jail guard of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City has been dismissed from the service after his arrest during an illegal drugs buy-bust operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Parañaque City. Dismissed by Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director...
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. has vowed to strengthen efforts to "cleanse the bureau of scalawags" after the arrest of a jail guard who was one of the suspects in the killing of a mother and her son last June. Corrections Officers 1 Pio Jonathan...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed "grave concern" over complaints against strip searches aired by wives who visit their detained husbands at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP in Muntinlupa City. It cited the issue raised by KAPATID, a support group of families and friends of...
The Archdiocese of Lipa in Batangas has expressed hopes for the Parish and National Shrine of Saint Padre Pio in Sto. Tomas, Batangas to gain international status. Padre Pio Shrine in Batangas (Photo courtesy of the Padre Pio Shrine Facebook) In a book titled “Enlarging the Space of our Tent,”...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Roman Catholic Bishop of Borongan City in Eastern Samar defended the publication of a priest's dismissal from the clerical state by Pope Francis. Bishop Crispin Varquez said Fr. Pio Aclon’s dismissal through an Informationis Causa is not libelous nor slanderous. In his reply...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Pope Francis has dismissed a priest from the Diocese of Borongan due to alleged involvement in sexual abuse of children. Borongan Bishop Crispin Varquez announced on Sunday, September 17, that Father Pio Cultura Aclon has been removed from the clerical state. "He is, therefore, no...
The blood relic of an early Church martyr St. Philomena liquified at a Benedictine monastery in the southern city of Iligan after a holy mass to welcome the relics of St. Padre Pio. St. Philomena (Catholic Online) In a video on social media, Fr. Romeo Desuyo, a priest from the Archdiocese of Cebu,...
In Tourism and Hospitality National Skills Competition In the recent 2 nd Council of Hotel and Restaurant Educators of the Philippines (COHREP) National Skills Competition, Centro Escolar University School of Nutrition and Hospitality Management students bagged numerous awards. This year, the theme...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon commended and thanked new Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Officer-in-Charge Gregorio Pio Catapang to allow people, especially students, to pass through the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Reservation in Barangay Poblacion. In an interview with GMA News’ “Balitanghali” on...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A cargo boat loaded with sugar, rice, and flour capsized while about to leave the port of Pio Duran in Albay for Claveria, Masbate Monday, Aug 22. A CARGO boat bound for Masbate capsized at the Pio Duran port in Albay Monday, Aug. 22. (MDRRMO Pio Duran) A report from the...
