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Philippines: Congress to start work on divorce bill

By Tonyo Cruz Mon, May 30, 2011 10:33PM UTC View Comments

House of Representatives Speaker Feliciano Belmonte on Monday threw his support behind a proposed measure allowing divorce in the Philippines which Congress would start deliberating on this week. In a report, Belmonte was quoted as saying: It is bound to be another one contentious bill, but let me just say that I myself is in...

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Philippines: Aquino inaction harming Reproductive Health Bill

By Tonyo Cruz Wed, May 11, 2011 12:14AM UTC View Comments

As things stand, the Reproductive Health Bill may not become a law anytime soon due to a number of factors that have not changed. If unresolved, the seeming stalemate favors critics of the bill, because the bill is still a bill. First, President Benigno Aquino III has not fully and solidly backed the Reproductive Health...

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Good Friday marked in Saipan

By Andy Jackson Sat, Apr 23, 2011 3:40AM UTC View Comments

Catholics in Saipan carry a large cross up Mount Tapochau every year to mark Good Friday (2009 photo by Kanae Shimizu Quinn)

Saipan residents marked Good Friday with a procession to the peak of Mount Tapochao, the highest point in the lower Northern Mariana Islands. Saipan Mayor Donald Flores offered his best wishes to the processioners: Today is a day when we remember the Lord Jesus Christ and His sacrifice he made for us when He died on the cross...

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Philippines marks feast of Black Nazarene

By Tonyo Cruz Sun, Jan 09, 2011 7:54AM UTC View Comments

Tens of thousands of devotees, mostly males, gather around the image of the Black Nazarene as it is brought out of Quiapo Church in downtown Manila for its annual procession in celebration of its feast day Friday Jan. 9, 2004 in Manila. Pic: AP.

Hundreds of thousands are gathered today in front of the Quirino Grandstand at Rizal Park in Manila for the “translacion” of the pilgrim image of the Black Nazarene, patron of the downtown district of the nation’s capital. It is considered one of the greatest religious and cultural feasts in the Philippines. Popular belief says that...

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