Intermittent rains and unstable grounds are hampering the search and rescue efforts for nine workers buried in a landslide that hit a mountain village at the geothermal complex of the Energy Development Corp. (EDC) in Kananga town, Leyte.
The Canadian who went on a shooting rampage at the Palace of Justice had expressed his dismay over the justice system in the Philippines in a journal.
A lingering dispute in the neighborhood ended in violence Tuesday in a courtroom when a Canadian retiree charged with malicious mischief gunned down his accuser and a lawyer before killing himself, police said.
The weather was chilly but the Filipino pilgrims were already waiting outside the gates of St. Peter’s Square as early as 4 a.m. Sunday.
Security guards on Friday prevented government investigators from entering a church in Talisay City where religious statues made from “blood ivory” are allegedly kept.
Heritage experts and conservationists cooperated with National Geographic writer Bryan Christy when he told them that he was writing about Cebu’s devotion to the Holy Child Jesus.
Collectors and traders of newly acquired ivory pieces watch out.
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has ordered an inventory of all ivory pieces owned by Msgr. Cristobal Garcia, whom National Geographic linked to the illegal ivory trade, to determine if these were acquired before 1981, the year the Philippines became a signatory to an international ban on ivory trade.
Msgr. Cristobal Garcia has been suspended and stripped of all his positions in the Archdiocese of Cebu on orders of the Vatican while the Holy See investigates the child abuse case that stemmed from accusations that he molested altar boys more than 20 years ago.
Msgr. Cristobal Garcia has always been proud of his collection of religious icons and paintings.
The timing couldn’t have been more perfect. Romulo Davide, 78, was in Siquijor on July 26 to prepare for the graduation of 300 beneficiaries of the Farmer Scientists Training Program (FSTP) when he received the good news.
Two Chinese tourists were arrested after one of them held by the collar the husband of President Benigno Aquino’s eldest sister, Maria Elena “Balsy” Aquino-Cruz, aboard a Cebu Pacific flight to Cebu Saturday morning.
