Posted by Mai on 25th February 2008
Manila Bulletin Online
Church now using mobile phones to reach out to faithful
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By LESLIE ANN G. AQUINO
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) hopes to encourage the youth to read the Scriptures with the help of mobile phones.
The CBCP Episcopal Commission on Biblical Apostolate (ECBA) has come up with the “Bible Anime” project as a way to reach young people through their favorite medium of communications these days – the mobile phone.
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Posted by Mai on 13th February 2008
The Manila Times Internet Edition
Death squads roam Davao–UN, monitors
DAVAO: Clarita Alia’s nightmare began after a man in a police uniform showed up outside her hovel in this southern Philippine city in July 2001.
Send your boys away,” the stranger warned, “or I will get them one by one.”
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Posted by Mai on 2nd February 2008
INQUIRER.net
Mikey Arroyo: ‘De Venecia hiding under my mother’s skirt’
By Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s son, Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo, accused House Speaker Jose de Venecia of “hiding” under her skirt.
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Posted by Mai on 12th December 2007
The Daily Tribune <<< Without Fear or Favor >>>
JdV blasts PNP for witness torture
By Sherwin C. Olaes and Charlie V. Manalo
12/12/2007
Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. yesterday cried foul and blasted the Philippine National Police over the alleged torture inflicted by the police on former Basilan town Mayor Hajarun Jamiri, to force him to implicate in the Batasan blast, Anak Mindanao party-list Rep. Mujiv Hataman, his brother Jim and former Deputy Speaker Basilan Rep. Gerry Salapuddin, as the brains behind the November bombing at the House of Representatives, that claimed the lives of Basilan Rep. Wahab Akbar and four others.
In a chance interview in Malacañang, De Venecia said the recantation of Jamiri destroys the credibility of the police and further degrades the credibility of the House of Representatives.
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Posted by Mai on 5th December 2007
Manila Bulletin Online
RP and Spain sign 9 accords
Cooperation in energy, aggie, tourism, etc. forged
Spain earmarks P9.2-B for new RP investments
By GENALYN D. KABILING
MADRID (via PLDT) – The Philippines and Spain signed nine bilateral agreements on economic and cultural cooperation yesterday, including an accord earmarking an initial R9.2 billion worth of investments and grants from the former colonial power in the areas of agriculture and fisheries.
The government accords were inked to foster bilateral cooperation in renewable energy, tourism, and education, culture and sports on the second day of four-day state visit of President Arroyo here.
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