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A nipa hut in the middle of rice paddies in Agusan del Norte on Jan. 16, 2014. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO

A nipa hut in the middle of rice paddies in Agusan del Norte on Jan. 16, 2014. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 January) — Pope Francis homily at his first Mass of his visit at the Manila Cathedral towards noon today was on the theme of “love”, taking off from Jesus’ words to Peter, “Do you love me?”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 Jan) – A radio commentator who survived an assassination attempt nearly 10 years ago but was paralyzed from the waist down, passed away on January 15, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP)
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/16 January) – More Zamboanguenos left to work abroad in 2014 than in 2013, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said. Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Zamboanga Region (Region 9), increased by 1,893 from 11,248 to in 2013
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 January) — Despite the more than five months of “refinement” that the draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) had undergone to ensure adherence to the 1987 Constitution – from its final submission to the President
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 January) — President Aquino said nothing about the peace processes involving the Bangsamoro and the communist guerrillas in his speech to welcome Pope Francis in Malacanang but the Pope expressed trust that the progress made in bringing

Even if Pope Francis is not visiting Davao City, one can still find Pope Francis shirts or key chains for souvenirs in stalls outside churches such as this one in San Pedro Cathedral. MindaNews photo by GG BUENO

A standee of Pope Francis awaits parishioners at the entrance of the Saint Francis of Assisi parish in Ma-a, Davao City on Friday, January 16. In Manila on the same day, thousands lined up along the streets where Pope Francis

Students of San Isidro College in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon take “groupie” photos as they watch the arrival of Pope Francis beamed live via satellite on a wide screen at the old SIC Gym late Thursday afternoon. The students cheered when

PAGASA workers install a weather radar at MacArthur Landing Memorial Park in Tacloban City on January 15, 2015. Tropical Storm Amang may hit Northern Samar on Saturday, when the Pope visits Tacloban and Palo in Leyte. MindaNews photo by Toto

A fastfood attendant also sells commemorative calendar of Pope Francis in Tacloban City on January 15, 2015. Pope Francis will be arriving in the city on January 17. MindaNews photo by TOTO LOZANO
D’Jay Lazaro / ucanews.com TACLOBAN CITY — The color white covered the streets of Tacloban on Wednesday as Typhoon Haiyan survivors, religious representatives and civil society members working under the People’s Committee to Welcome the Pope in Eastern Visayas (People’s
We have come to you, we Indigenous Peoples of Mindanao. We have been thrown into these mountain places where we now dwell because of the cruel onslaught of history. We who are the descendants of the First Inhabitants— the Indigenous
“We hope that our message will reach Pope Francis in his visit here in the Philippines. Please help us seek immediate justice for the death of our beloved Fr. Pops” said Sandy Agat, a scholar of Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio, is
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 Jan) – Even the communist-led revolutionary movement has been obliged to join the rest of the country in welcoming Pope Francis, who arrived late afternoon Thursday amid a rousing reception not just by Roman Catholics but also




