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MANILA, Sept. 1, 2010— A Catholic bishop criticized reports that officials of water utility MWSS received P384 million in bonuses and allowances last year.

Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes said the excessive salaries and benefits of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System’s employees is an abuse that must be investigated.

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MANILA, Sept. 1, 2010— It has been said that the road to knowledge begins with the turn of the page.

And for the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, one way to effectively promote natural family planning (NFP) methods is through books.

The archdiocese is actively promoting NFP program as an alternative to the artificial contraceptive methods prescribed in the reproductive health bill.

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ANTIPOLO City, Sept. 1, 2010—Migrant workers’ watchdog, Migrante Middle East (ME) urges Vice President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) chair to scrap the mandatory Pag-IBIG membership for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) amid news reports of irregularities in acquiring for loan to fund a housing project by a private real estate firm in Pampanga.

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LAOAG City, Sept. 1, 2010— The Diocese of Laoag has launched a Matrimonial Tribunal, the first in the Ilocos Region.

Rev. Fr. Noel Ian G. Rabago, who just came back to the diocese with a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome has been appointed judicial vicar by Bishop Sergio Utleg.

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IMUS, Cavite, Sept. 1, 2010—The Institute for Occupational Health, Safety and Development (IOHSAD), Inc., a work safety non-governmental organization (NGO), has told the Land Transport Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) that it should dig deeper on the real causes of road mishaps, involving provincial buses.

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CAGAYAN DE ORO City, Sept. 1, 2010—Muslim leaders in Northern Mindanao and Caraga Regions have endorsed the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro to sit in the government panel negotiating peace with the Muslim separatist group in Mindanao.

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MANILA, August 31, 2010— A bishop of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) renewed his support on Senator Miguel Zubiri’s proposal for reimposition of the death penalty in the country.

“We are in favor of death penalty as it is biblical,” PCEC national director Bishop Efraim Tendero said in a statement in the wake of the bloody Manila hostage last Monday.

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MANILA, August 31, 2010— A Catholic bishop is calling on the government to ensure those responsible in the bloody turnout of last week’s hostage incident are brought to justice.

Church officials supervised a memorial service for the fatalities on Tuesday at the Quirino Grandstand, the area where the hostage drama took place.

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MANILA, August 31, 2010— Election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPRCV) asked the poll body to utilize pre-printed ballots for the barangays and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls in October.

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CAGAYAN DE ORO City, August 31, 2010—The grenade attack on the Catholic church in Kalilangan, Bukidnon that wounded two parishioners was perpetrated by friends of a Maranao Muslim extortionist who were trying to avenge his death at the hands of Christian policemen.

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IMUS, CAVITE, August 31, 2010—Migrant workers’ watchdog, Migrante-Middle East (ME) has asked the Aquino administration to create a shelter that would accommodate the increasing number of distressed overseas Filipino workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

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CAGAYAN DE ORO City, August 31, 2010—The pastor of the San Vicente Ferrer parish, two of whose parishioners were wounded in Sunday morning’s grenade blast, yesterday denied the theory of the police that the attack was perpetrated by irate Maranao Muslims out to avenge the death of a Maranao boy at the hands of a Christian driver recently.

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MANILA, August 30, 2010—An official of a pro-life lobby group has expressed sadness for the loss of lives during the hostage taking drama that led to bloodbath last August 23.

Marita Wasan, Executive Director of Pro-Life Philippines Foundation, Inc. said the group joins the whole country in mourning for those who died and wounded in the incident.

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MANILA, August 30, 2010—An alliance of environmental advocates have called for the removal of a hazardous pesticide sitting in a warehouse near Manila.

Around 10 metric tons of endosulfan, a dangerous pesticide, are stockpiled in a private warehouse in Meycauayan, Bulacan, according to environmental groups.

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MANILA, August 30, 2010—Pro-lifers have renewed the call on legislators to pass two important bills in Congress which support the promotion and defence of life.

The lobby group in a statement urged lawmakers to deliberate on and pass two proposed life bills titled “Citizen Protection Act” and “Protection of the Unborn Child Act 2010.”

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TAYABAS, Quezon, August 30, 2010—Catholic Church leaders urged government authorities to improve services and implement reforms in various agencies in the aftermath of the fatal hostage crisis involving the police force last week.

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NAGA City, August 30, 2010—A priest from the Archdiocese of Caceres has been elected president of the International Association of Catholic Missiologists (IACM) during the organization’s recent confab in Tagaytay City.

Fr. Andrew Recepcion, the Mission Director of the Archdiocese, was one of the 80 participants coming from various parts of the world engaged in Catholic mission activities.

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CAGAYAN DE ORO City, August 29,2010—The bishop of the Diocese of Malaybalay called on the faithful Sunday to remain calm and pray in the aftermath of the Sunday morning grenade attack on a church in Bukidnon that wounded two parishioners.

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MANILA, August 27, 2010—Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo has called for a massive clean-up drive as he joined the Iloilo City government to wage a concerted effort to combat the spread of dengue.

Lagdameo, in a circular letter, ordered his clergy to mobilize their parishioners for an extensive cleanup drive on September 1 to 2.

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MANILA, August 27, 2010—Government officials and Metro Manila residents will offer a Mass next week for the victims of the bloody hostage drama that killed several Hong Kong tourists.

Archdiocese of Manila’s Parish of Nuestra Senora de Guia based in Ermita district scheduled the Mass at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, the 9th day of the victims’ deaths.

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