MANILA, Feb. 15, 2012—As long as a true spirit of dialogue will guide discussions between Church and government representatives, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Tagle D.D. looks forward to opportunities to do his part in such dialogues concerning the reproductive health (RH) bill.

NAGA CITY (Feb 16, 2012) – A farmer who took a public school teacher and 8 other elementary pupils captive in a hostage drama inside the Caranan, South Elementary School in Pasacao, Camarines Sur last weekend has been charged with 8 counts of Serious Illegal Detention and violation of RA-7612 before the Provincial Prosecutor's  Office in this city.

NAGA CITY (Feb 16, 2012) - Heavy rains that started Sunday has already caused 2 deaths and significant damages to properties and infrastructure.

The Environment Disaster Management and Emergency Response Office (EDMERO) of the provincial government reported that heavy rains triggered flash floods in the upper barangay of Monte Calvario in Buhi, Camarines Sur causing the death of one person.

Waters from Lake Buhi were also reported to have innundated lake bank villages on Monday,

NAGA CITY (Feb 16, 2012) Heavy rains in the last few days have damaged a major sub-station that supplies 20 MBA of electricity to 19 barangays of this city and neighboring towns of Minalabac and Milaor, Camarines Sur, causing power outage in at least 45% of Naga’s commercial and residential area last Sunday evening and intermittent brownouts in the next days.

"It feels so good to be home," said the Filipino international singing sensation Charice Pempengco as she opened her Valentine TV special Charice: One for the Heart, which aired last Sunday on GMA-7. As a Filipino, the Philippines may be her 'home,' but as an international performer, the whole world is her 'stage.'

MANILA, Philippines (Feb 16, 2012) - The petition of Chief Justice Renato Corona to stop his impeachment trial had to be raffled off for the second time after a Supreme Court (SC) Justice appointed by President Aquino declined to take charge of the case.

MANILA, Feb. 13, 2012—It’s that time of the year again when flowers, chocolates, and even motels and condoms are highly marketable among those who are “in a relationship,” which is why a ranking Church official reminded lovebirds, especially the young, to remain pure and chaste in love amid the commercialization of Valentine’s Day.

SORSOGON City, Feb. 13, 2012—Thousands of delegates from various parishes of the Diocese of Sorsogon celebrated the 3rd Diocesan Basic Ecclesial Communities day last February 4, 2012 at Pilar, Sorsogon.

MANILA, Philippines (Feb 14, 2012) - Complying with a subpoena to present Chief Justice Renato Corona's initial bank deposits, a branch manager of the Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) revealed yesterday at the impeachment court that Corona opened five time deposit accounts containing millions of pesos in May 2007, twice in 2009, and twice in 2010.

Tokyo, February 13, 2012 - Urban flooding is a serious and growing development challenge for fast growing low and middle-income countries in East Asia, underscoring an urgent need to build flood risk management into regular planning of cities and towns, says a new World Bank guidebook released today.

Titled “Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century”, the book provides operational guidance on how to manage the risk of floods in the face of urbanization, growing populations and long-term climate change trends.