The Caceres Youth and Campus Ministry - the John Paul II Youth Center, the Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Peñafrancia and the Parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Naga City together with the Young People of Caceres celebrated summer with the ARCHDIOCESAN YOUTH PILGRIMAGE 2009 (AYP-09) [Our Lady of Peñafrancia Summer Pilgrimage].

MANILA, May 20, 2009-An official of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said that bishops are firm on their position not to favor the amendment of the Constitution.

LEGAZPI CITY, May 17, 2009-Our Lady of Fatima Church known as Nuestra Señora de la Fatima, has etched a unique moniker "The Wedding Capital" in the diocese, following its decade foundation where Thanksgiving Mass was offered May 14, after a novenario and procession of the Blessed Virgin Mother held at Tahao Road, here.

OCAMPO, CAMARINES SUR - Three long-time cattle rustlers finally fell to the folds of the law after they were nabbed by the local police with the help of local residents, who saw them loading two sacks of cattle meat in a tricycle at Barangay San Francisco in this municipality.

PILI, Camarines Sur - Twenty talented and glamorous young Bikolana lasses will contend for this year's Miss Kaogma and other crowns and hefty prizes after the initial eliminations conducted last Saturday, May 16 at the Bamboo Grille of Eco Village at the Provincial Capitol Complex.

MANILA, May 19, 2009-The head of the Catholic bishops' leadership called on deposed President Joseph Estrada to retire from politics and give others a chance to lead the country.

The month of May marks another significant event for the fisheries sector as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) - Bicol installs Mr. Marco C. Visperas of Aroroy, Masbate as its 5th Fisherfolk Regional Director (FRD).

VATICAN, May 19, 2009-- The first social encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, which will probably be called "Veritas in caritate" (Truth in Charity), appears as if it will see the light of day on June 29, the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, a source from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace informed CNA.

NAGA CITY-Daet Mayor Tito Sarion said the proposal of opposition Sen. Francis 'Chiz' Escudero to give regular salary instead of honorarium to a barangay official is impractical. "It would drain the resources of either the barangay or the national government," says Sarion. Escudero the other day called for "a fair and fixed salary for barangay officials rather than a mere honorarium based on the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) given to them by LGUs."

NAGA CITY-In the past, school buildings in Panicuason Elementary School by this time of the year had been repainted already. But now, barely three weeks before the opening of classes, classrooms in this school farthest from the city proper of Naga are yet to burn in colors to welcome giddy schoolchildren.