By Jocelyn R. Uy
More couples in urban centers like Metro Manila are seeking to nullify their marriages, but overall, a drop in annulment cases in the country has been observed this year, according to Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz.
Posted: June 18th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »
By Jocelyn R. Uy

More couples in urban centers like Metro Manila are seeking to nullify their marriages but overall, a drop in annulment cases in the country has been observed this year, according to Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz..
Posted: June 17th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By Jocelyn R. Uy

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes said the poll body has been thinking of pilot-testing in Metro Manila the automation of barangay (village) elections this October.
Posted: June 16th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Metro | Read More »
By Jocelyn R. Uy
Want to ward off nightmares or strange occurrences at home? Go back to the basic sacramentals, like wearing a scapular or using holy water and exorcised oil and salt.
Posted: June 12th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »
By Jeannette I. Andrade,
Jocelyn R. Uy
Summer has ended and the rainy season has officially begun, the state weather bureau said on Monday.
Posted: June 11th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »
By Jocelyn R. Uy
They don’t know what they’re talking about. That’s how Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. reacted on Sunday to the opposition of two parties to being given fewer seats in the House of Representatives than they had won by polling the most number of votes in the May 13 party-list election.
Posted: June 10th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »
By Jocelyn R. Uy

Catholic Church leaders urged the faithful to join them on Saturday in holding the national consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in cathedrals, shrines and chapels in all archdioceses, dioceses and apostolic vicariates across the country.
Posted: June 8th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By Jocelyn R. Uy

The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on Wednesday said the divorce bill will struggle if pushed in the next Congress.
Posted: June 6th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By Jocelyn R. Uy

MANILA, Philippines—This early, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is increasing measures to purge the dead from the voter list. In a recent resolution, the Comelec directed the National Statistics Office (NSO) to help in cleaning up the National List of Registered Voters, noting that the local civil registrars had not been successful at the [...]
Posted: June 3rd, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By Jocelyn R. Uy
A day after discrepancies in the random manual audit of ballots and the computerized tally were revealed, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Wednesday urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to address seriously questions on the conduct of the May 13 polls.
Posted: May 30th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »
By Jocelyn R. Uy

A day after the Commission on Elections admitted that there were “discrepancies” in the random manual audit of ballots, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines urged the agency to seriously address questions raised on the conduct of the May 13 polls.
Posted: May 29th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By Jocelyn R. Uy

Catholic schools need to increase their tuition fees or they will risk losing teachers to public schools offering a better pay, according to an official of the Manila Archdiocesan and Parochial Schools Association.
Posted: May 28th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By Jocelyn R. Uy

The review of the source code may still come in handy for groups and losing candidates planning to file complaints over the results of the May 13 polls, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Posted: May 27th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »