BISHOP ORDAINED Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales (center) leads the ordination of Most Rev. Francisco M. de Leon (left) as Auxiliary Bishop of Antipolo in a ceremony at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila. At right is Bishop Socrates Villegas of Bataan. (Ramon I. Samson)
ASEAN parliament pushed for inclusion in Charter
Four major Philippine initiatives, including the endorsement of a proposed Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Parliament for inclusion in the ASEAN Charter, were approved by the 28th General Assembly of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), Rep. Antonio Cuenco said yesterday.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI is taking a new step in the Vatican’s environmental campaign, leading a Catholic youth festival this weekend where participants will use recycled prayer books, biodegradable plates, and recycling bags for their trash.
About 300,000 young Catholics are expected to attend the festival in Loreto, home of Italy’s most famous Marian shrine, in a run-up to next year’s World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia.
The festival coincides with the Catholic Church’s "Save Creation Day,’’ and has a decidedly eco-friendly...
ADB, WTO to host 2-day trade meet with RP gov’t
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), in partnership with the Philippine government, will host a two-day conference "Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus Asia and the Pacific" on 19 to 20 September.
UE still unstoppable
SECONDS BEFORE the final buzzer, a streamer saying "12-0" was hoisted by a rabid supporter as the raucous University of the East gallery eagerly anticipated the horn that would formally signal that the Red Warriors had scored their 12 straight win in the 70th UAAP basketball wars yesterday.
Luzon will continue to experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
