MANILA, July 18, 2010—In its aim to propagate the Catholic devotion to the angels and saints, Radio Veritas has launched its first Angels and Saints exhibit.

The event opened yesterday, July 15, at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.

MANILA, July 18, 2010—A symposium on the Catholic Care for the terminally ill will be held for people who care for the handicapped, sick, aged and dying people at the Paco Catholic School on July 24, 2010.

Themed “Look Carefully, Act Mercifully” the seminar will be convened by the Episcopal Commission on Health Care (ECHC) of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

MANILA, July 19, 2010—A green group has urged President Benigno Aquino to present solutions to the country’s environmental woes as he addresses the joint session of Congress next week.

The EcoWaste Coalition, a network of environmental advocates told Aquino to use the occasion to show the public a way out from the country’s ecological problems.

ANTIPOLO CITY, July 20, 2010—Youth groups challenged new Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chief, Patricia Licuanan, Ph. D. to make substantive reforms in the higher education sector in the Philippines, especially on the issue of skyrocketing matriculation and other school fees.

MANILA, July 20, 2010— Civil society organizations on Tuesday sought the help of the Catholic Church to prevent the proliferation of human trafficking.

One of the things the Church can do, said Susan Ople of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center, a non-government organization that helps distressed overseas workers, is by issuing a pastoral letter warning people against it.

ANTIPOLO CITY, July 20, 2010—The Asian Migrants’ Coordinating Body or AMCB, a Hong Kong-based alliance of foreign domestic workers, assails the latest decision of the HK government not to include foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in the recent salary hike.

MANILA, July 21, 2010—The National Secretariat for Social Action-Justice and Peace (NASSA) of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) expressed their support with the Aurora clergies in its call for the suspension of the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport (APECO) project.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 20, 2010—The chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture in the Misamis Oriental Provincial Board has urged farmers to be protectors of the environment, noting that the environment and food sufficiency are interconnected.

MANILA, July 21, 2010—Foreign-based companies that outsource labor in the Philippines demand higher productivity level among employed Filipinos, an international labor official said.