Filipino girl eyed for sainthood
A northern Philippine diocese is embarking on a tedious process to make a teenage girl one of the youngest saints in history.
A northern Philippine diocese is embarking on a tedious process to make a teenage girl one of the youngest saints in history.
Government agencies took years before paying heed to community pleas. Residents believe the action taken might have been too late. The story of sand mining in Ilocos Sur serves some hard lessons for ongoing concessions and explorations.
The Supreme Court suspended work in various courts after a strong quake shook Abra and felt in Metro Manila and nearby locations.
The Marcos family has dominated Ilocos Norte for nearly 100 years. Imee’s son is now the provincial governor and Junior’s son is running for a congressional seat — the fourth generation Marcos in power in Ilocos Norte.
For violating certain conditions of the program, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) disqualified around 47,078 beneficiaries from the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) program in the Ilocos region.