VATICAN CITY — In his last two years as pope, Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests for raping and molesting children.
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Measles outbreak
An ongoing measles outbreak in the Philippines has prompted an urgent reminder for people traveling to the Philippines to check they and their children are fully immunized for measles before their departure.
Calamity Loan available for Pag-ibig members
Members currently in the country but have left Tacloban can apply for loan in any of the 48 branches of Pag-IBIG. They can also transact at the OFW Center which entertains all Pag-IBIG-related transactions including housing loan application.
The Netherlands to scrap Multiculturalism
The Netherlands, where six per cent of the population is now Muslim, is scrapping multiculturalism.
Volunteers asked to repack donations ready for distribution
A lot of people volunteered to help out with the relief goods. A girl from Cebu who volunteered to help out got really frustrated with the slowing down of getting the relief goods over to the victims. She noted that many relief goods sent in by Indonesia were already pre-packed in a pouch and ready […]
“Get more body bags. We’re going to go beyond 10,000.” by David Feith (Wall Street Journal)
Nine days after Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the central Philippines, and Richard Gordon is leading the Philippine Red Cross from this operations center in the country’s capital. The latest official tally has about 5,000 dead from the storm—only half the 10,000 initially estimated by a local official who got a tongue-lashing from the Philippine president […]
Heated arguments during the ‘Ugnayan’ forum
The Tagalog term ‘Ugnayan‘ was intended to be a public forum where issues of interest to the community were supposed to be discussed and resolved.
40-Year-Old Fetus Found Inside Elderly Woman
A Colombian woman who went to a hospital in Bogota, complaining of stomach pains, got the surprise of her life when doctors saw an X-ray and discovered a 40-year-old calcified fetus — or lithopaedian — inside her 82-year-old body.
High Court shoots down ACT’s same sex marriage laws
Just a few days after Ivan Hinton and Chris Teoh signed the marriage registration papers at Canberra’s Old Parliament House, the High Court of Australia ruled that ACT’s Marriage Equality Act 2013 could not operate concurrently with the Federal Marriage Act 1961. (Source: AFP)
NBN Co can’t guarantee Libs’ 50Mbps speed promise by David Braue
The unpredictable performance of VDSL2 technology over Telstra’s copper network means that NBN Co would be unable to guarantee customers the 50Mbps speeds promised by the new government, a leaked NBN Co report has warned.
Yet Another Coalition Lie – This Time on the NBN
The Abbott Government has broken its promise to deliver faster broadband by 2016, said Mr Ed Husic, Member of Parliament for Chifley.
Four journalists shot in two weeks
Philippines. Two radio broadcasters were shot in separate incidents in cities of Tagum and Iloilo between Dec. 10 and Dec. 11. One of them died on the spot, making him the third journalist murdered in a span of two weeks.