One of GMA Network’s award-winning documentary programs, Front Row is this year’s Winner of the prestigious UNICEF Asia-Pacific Child Rights Award for Television.

Its winning documentary, “Ulilang Lubos” (Orphaned) follows the daily life of 10-year-old Princess, who has had to take care of three younger siblings since their mother abandoned them. Princess washes produce at a wet market to earn money. She receives five to 20 pesos for this.

QUEZON City, Oct. 28, 2014—A former rector of the University of Santo Tomás (UST) in Manila died on Monday, Oct. 27, from a yet undisclosed cause, the official Facebook page of the university reports.

He was 90 years old.

Fr. Frederik S. Fermin, OP a Dutch-born naturalized Filipino citizen, served the Pontifical and Royal University as Rector Magnificus from 1978 until 1981.

He was also Dean of the Catholic university’s Faculty of Arts and Letters, and rector of the UST Central Seminary.

MANILA, Oct. 27, 2014—Citing Jesus as an example, the Catholic Church said society should finally learn the lesson that the innocent could lose their lives to the death penalty, stressing that its revival is unjustified.

PARAÑAQUE City, Oct. 27, 2014—An ecumenical group held on Sunday, Oct. 26, simultaneous sign-up drives in different Metro Manila churches in an effort to collect as many signatures for the People’s Initiative to Abolish Pork Barrel.

MANILA, Oct. 25, 2014—What can the laity do when their pastors do not live up to their duties? According to a priest, lay people, despite good intentions, are better off leaving the matter to bishops who know about Canon Law.

MANILA, Oct. 26, 2014— A Catholic bishop has warned the public against “polluting the minds” of the youth by sharing pornographic images and videos over social media. “We also appeal to people who pass on these kinds of materials to stop from doing so. These pollute the minds of people especially our young people that lead to the trivializing of their sexuality which come from God,” Bishop Gilbert Garcera of Daet in Camarines Norte said.

VATICAN CITY, Oct 19, 2014– Addressing those gathered in Saint Peter’s Square on Sunday for the beatification of Paul VI, Pope Francis reminded Christians who live out the Gospel message that they are “God’s newness” both “in the Church and in the world.” In his Oct. 19 homily, the Pope said God is “continually surprising us, opening our hearts and guiding us in unexpected ways.” In so doing, “he renews us: he constantly makes us ‘new’.

“A Christian who lives the Gospel is ‘God’s newness’ in the Church and in the world. How much God loves this ‘newness’!”

MANILA, Oct. 19, 2014—The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)’s Episcopal Commission on Health Care (ECHC) expresses assurance it is one with the Philippine government in educating the public on the nature of Ebola virus, especially on how it can be prevented. In a recent interview over Church-run Radyo Veritas, CBCP-ECHC executive secretary Fr. Dan Cancino said the commission is conducting information dissemination campaigns in different parishes and schools all over the Philippines...

Wake up to more exciting weekends as GMA Network brings to regional television the local counterpart of the widest reality talent show Bet ng Bayan—the Bet ng Bayan: The Provincial Showdown. It airs every Saturday via all nine GMA regional stations in Ilocos, Bicol, Dagupan, Cebu, Iloilo, Bacolod, Davao, GenSan, and Cagayan de Oro.

This Saturday (October 18), spend a memorable evening with your friends and make it extra special by watching Pepito Manaloto: Ang Tunay na Kuwento’s fun-filled episode on how best friends turn into worst enemies.