MANILA, August 6, 2009- The CBCP's Episcopal Commission on Mutual Relations between Bishops and Religious (ECMR) has recently launched its scholarship program for the poor diocesan religious all over the country.

VATICAN, August 3, 2009-- Pope Benedict XVI deplored the killing of eight Christians in Pakistan by a Muslim mob and urged the minority Christian community not to be deterred by the attack.

MANILA, August 5, 2009- Thousands of Filipinos from all walks of life joined the Catholic Church to bid farewell to a woman described by Pope Benedict XVI as a "woman of deep and unwavering faith."

LEGAZPI CITY, Aug. 4 (PNA) - Apart from fiber, pulp, cordage, ropes, twines, yarns, fabrics and handicrafts, industry insiders see more potential uses of abaca especially in the construction industry, currency notes and miscellaneous items like wigs.

TIGAON, CAMARINES SUR -- ABOUT FIFTY COUPLES, ages 18 to 40 years of age will be participants in a mass wedding rites dubbed as, "Grand Kasalan 2009" part of a 10-day festivity of the Sta Clara "devotional dancing" on August 11 to 12 this year.

Naga City-August 15, 2009 will be a date to remember in Bicol's literary history as Bikol writers release five books and a literary magazine. Dubbed as "An Pagbungsod," the grand launch will feature "Yudi Man: Mga Osipon para ki Nunuy asin ki Nini," a collection of short-stories for children by Premio Tomas Arejola para sa Literaturang Bikolnon winners as edited by Carlos A. Arejola and Lorna A. Billanes, and illustrated by Boyet Abrenica...

MANILA, August 4, 2009- The head of Manila's Roman Catholic Church on Monday thinks that the Philippines needs another Corazon Aquino to unite the Filipino people. Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales said the country needs a leader that could unite the country like what the former president did in 1986 that ended Marcos' dictatorship.

DAET, CAMARINES NORTE -- A SERIES OF TWO KILLINGS AND ANOTHER SLAY ATTEMPT whose victims are all civilians are now being blamed by the Cam. Norte police office to suspected communist rebels in this province.

LEGAZPI CITY, Aug. 7  -- Disaster authorities on Thursday directed 56 barangay captains in high risk areas surrounding Mt Mayon to draw up and submit to the provincial disaster council their respective pick-up points for evacuees once the volcano fully erupts.

Essentialy Gloria Macapagal -Arroyo’s last State of the Nation Address (Sona) was nothing but a compendium of lies, half-truths and attacks on her critics. She did not even mention anything that is really beneficial to the Filipino people, the passage of the so-called Cheaper Medicines Law notwithstanding.