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Filipino Hunger Rate – Lowest Since 2007

Published on July 2, 2011 By Tim Troutman

This is good news but a 15% hunger rate is still too high. No one in the Philippines, or elsewhere, should have to go hungry. PAS is working to help alleviate this problem. I hope you’ll join us. Based on SWS data, the latest hunger rate is the lowest since June 2007, when the recorded [...]

Brownouts in Luzon and Power Crisis in Mindanao

Published on March 4, 2010 By admin

The Business Mirror reports that brownouts continue to be a problem for Luzon, the main island of the Philippines. The power supply in the Luzon grid is again in a precarious state, contrary to claims of the Department of Energy (DOE) that power supply is more than enough to provide electricity to households up to [...]

Soldiers Killed in Agusan del Sur Ambush

Published on February 25, 2010 By admin

Anti-government violence continues to plague the province of Mindanao and worsens the poverty in the Philippines. Four soldiers were recently killed in Agusan del Sur by communist rebels. DAVAO CITY – (UPDATE 3) At least four soldiers, including a junior officer, were killed when communist rebels set off a landmine in Veruela, Agusan del Sur, [...]

Grenade Blast in Philippine Cathedral

Published on January 11, 2010 By admin

For the second time in three months, a grenade has exploded at the cathedral of the Vicariate Apostolic of Jolo in the southern Philippines. No one was injured in the blast, which took place before the first Sunday morning Mass, though some of the cathedral windows were shattered. Catholic Culture has the rest of the [...]

Thank you from Cotabato City

Published on January 7, 2010 By admin

I recently received an email from the father of one of the bombings of Cotabato City (which occurred in July 2009) expressing his gratitude for the financial assistance Philippine Aid Society was able to send. I was very happy to receive such a gracious letter; it really helps to put things into better perspective when [...]

21 Dead in Political Violence

Published on November 23, 2009 By admin

This kind of thing is what keeps the Philippine government corrupt, a major contributor to the nation’s poverty. BBC reports that 21 journalists and politicians have been abducted and violently murdered on their way to file election papers. The group was seized on the southern island of Mindanao. The military said they were taken by [...]