Five prelates of the monolithic Roman Catholic church issued a statement calling on the people to act against the prevailing order of the times. Iloilo Archbishop and CBCP Head Angel Lagdameo made that call last Tuesday. Aside from merely lambasting the Arroyo administration for its seeming role in the perpetuation of graft and corruption, Lagdameo [...]

The Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) just released a strongly worded condemnation of the Arroyo regime. CBCP head Archbishop Angel Lagdameo condemned the Arroyo regime for doing nothing to fight corruption. Lagdameo urged the people to act now and change the government. This, by far, according to Ricky Carandang, is the strongest denunciation ever [...]

Today, at one of the media fora here in the Philippines, a noted population expert Dr. Alberto Romualdez warned of the effects of the country’s rising population. According to the Philippine Population Institute, there are now about 88 million Filipinos, with only about 35 million gainfully employed.  Any economist would definitely say that this is a [...]