MANILA, September 8, 2013—Despite expressing support over movements that call for the abolition of the graft-tainted pork barrel system, a Catholic bishop on Saturday cleared off speculations that the Catholic Church is behind the planned mass gathering on Edsa on September 11.

MANILA, Sept. 6, 2013–The head of Manila’s Roman Catholic Church is asking the Congress to reconsider and heed the Church and public’s clamor to abolish the pork barrel.

MANILA, Sept. 6, 2013–The head of Manila’s Roman Catholic Church is asking the Congress to reconsider and heed the Church and public’s clamor to abolish the pork barrel.

PILI, CAMARINES SUR – The local government of this capital town in cooperation with the Kapisanan Ng Mga Broadkasters Sa Pilipinas (KBP ) planted 2,000 pili and hard wood variety trees to enhance the ecology of some 160 hectares of forest reserve at the foot of Mt. Isarog in barangays Curry and Bongcao in this municipality on Saturday morning (Sept. 7).

An Profeta, the first ever Bikol translation of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet will be launched on September 10, 2013, Arrupe Convention Center, Ateneo de Naga University  at 4:30pm. Translated by Fr. Wilmer S. Tria, one of the foremost translators in the region today, the project is accompanied by artworks done by Bernie Faustine Brijuega and book design by Pen Prestado. Both artists are new members of the Burikbutikan Artists Collective, a group of visual artists, writers and cultural workers in the region.

Sought-after leading man Tom Rodriguez is now officially part of the Kapuso Network after he signed an exclusive contract today at the GMA Network Center.

GMA Network’s high-rating primetime drama, Mundo Mo’y Akin, ends its run with a beautiful ending this Friday, September 6. The series, which has been one of the network’s most watched programs on GMA Telebabad, features a stellar cast composed of Alden Richards, Louise delos Reyes, Lauren Young, Sunshine Dizon, Angelika dela Cruz, Jolina Magdangal, Gabby Eigenmann, and Ms Jaclyn Jose.

During the onslaught of Tropical Storm Maring, viewers relied on GMA News and Public Affairs’ GMA Weather for comprehensive and accurate weather reporting. And at the forefront of GMA Weather is the country’s leading authority in the field of meteorology, Nathaniel “Mang Tani” Cruz.

During the onslaught of Tropical Storm Maring, viewers relied on GMA News and Public Affairs’ GMA Weather for comprehensive and accurate weather reporting. And at the forefront of GMA Weather is the country’s leading authority in the field of meteorology, Nathaniel “Mang Tani” Cruz.

MANILA, Sept. 4, 2013— Catholic Church leaders on Wednesday sounded alarm on the spread of leaked sex videos of some local celebrities. Fr. Conegundo Garganta of the Church’s youth ministry said that such videos are “not giving a good example” to other people especially the youth.