MANILA, Philippines - Fifty-four infrastructure projects funded by seven Metro Manila lawmakers from their pork barrel funds were built or undertaken on private property, according to the Commission on Audit (COA) report on the congressional pork barrel.

The National Youth Commission, as the voice and advocate of the youth, calls for the postponement of the SK Elections scheduled on October 2013.

MANILA, August 18, 2013—Pope Francis expressed deep sadness for the tragic loss of lives caused by the sinking of a ferry boat off the coast of Talisay in Cebu, Friday night.

MANILA, August 17, 2013—The incoming president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Saturday urged the Filipino faithful to learn from the lessons taught by the pork barrel scandal, saying that this controversy must lead the people to “greater action.”

LIPA, Batangas, August 17, 2013—If a trial by media mileage would be done on R.A. 10354’s Supreme Court oral arguments, the proponents of the law would be the all too obvious winners, a priest said.

MANILA, Philippines - Commision on Audit (COA) Chairperson Ma. Gracia Pulido-Tan reportedly wept upon reading a distressing audit report. And why not? Of the 200 senators and congressmen who gave P6.156 billion worth of their pork barrel to bogus non-government organizations (NGOs), six practically allocated government funds for themselves through foundations that they themselves managed.

NAGA CITY Aug 11, 2013 11 AM - Typhoon Labuyo (International name: Utor) is projected to be closest to Naga City this afternoon between 4PM and 6PM when it's center shall be 200 km northeast of the city. At this distance Labuyo is not expected to cause damage as the destructive winds of 95 kph or more shall be confined to about 100 radius from the center. Its outer rainbands, however, shall cause widespread slight to moderate, occasionally heavy, rains throughout the day with winds of only 10 to 40 kph.

Typhoon Labuyo (International name: Utor) now packs a centerwind of 140 km per hour with gustiness up to 165 and continues to intensify as it moves westward in at 26 km per hour in the general direction of Aurora-Quirino area. At 5:00 P.M. today, it's center is located 455 km East-Northeast of Virac, Catanduanes.

Typhoon Labuyo (International name: Utor) now packs a centerwind of 140 km per hour with gustiness up to 165 and continues to intensify as it moves westward in at 26 km per hour in the general direction of Aurora-Quirino area. At 5:00 P.M. today, it's center is located 455 km East-Northeast of Virac, Catanduanes.

DAET, Camarines Norte, August 5, 2013—Being a grandparent is a vocation too. The important role that grandparents fulfill in the transmission of the Catholic faith to the younger generation was highlighted in the launching of the Catholic Grandparents Association of the Philippines in Daet recently.