The Philippine team won the country's first-ever gold at the Asian Winter Games currently underway in Harbin (China), and now aim for a spot at Milano-Cortina 2026. Its members live in Switzerland, the United States and Canada. For the Philippine Olympic Committee, this is the best result for Southeast Asia.
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines has approved a translation of the prayer into Filipino, the country’s lingua franca, to be used alongside the traditional Tagalog version, more closely in line with the original Latin text and adapted to changing times. The decision coincides with the Jubilee Year and the 50th anniversary of the pastoral letter on the relationship between Philippine Catholics and the Virgin Mary.
On the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes, Bishop Mesiona notes that the planet is like a body and "we must pay attention not to abuse it.” The heavy rains of the last few days on the island have caused at least five deaths and affected more than 4,000 people. “Our petitions” will be in vain “if we neglect our responsibilities.”
The Sunflower Centennial Halfway Home for Boys' offers shelter, education, medical care and psychological help for boys aged 5-17 from all over the island. Founder Fr Costa: ‘We provide the most suitable facilities and opportunities for recovery from trauma, struggles and problems. From a small clinic to a full-fledged centre with therapy and psychiatric assessments of children in difficulty.
After the vote in the House, the Senate will rule only in June, after the midterm elections. Several representatives from the Duterte family’s stronghold of Mindanao voted in favour of impeaching Duterte, a sign of her waning political influence.
According to a 2024 Supreme Court ruling, the Mercidar Fishing Corporation company can now fish in waters in the 15-kilometre municipal fishing zone. “The integrity of Creation is threatened,” 48 bishops warn. For Caritas Vice Chairman Bishop Gerardo Alminaza, “the mandate of the Philippine Constitution” is “to protect the livelihoods of small-scale and artisanal fisherfolk.” Cebu fisherman laments: “They are slowly killing us.”
