TORRECIUDAD, Spain, July 25, 2010—Around 235 overseas Filipino workers from Tarragona and Barcelona made a pilgrimage to the Marian sanctuary of Our Lady of Torreciudad in Aragon, Spain on July 18, 2010.

MANILA, July 25, 2010—Trade unions in New Zealand have assailed the new employment law, affecting thousands of workers, including Filipinos.

In a statement, Council for Trade Union (CTU) president Hellen Kelley said the new amendments in NZ labor statutes favor much the employers and undermine fairness at work.

SAN PABLO City, July 25, 2010—The Bishop of Laguna is celebrating his 23rd anniversary of Episcopal Ordination on Sunday, Feast of St. James, the Apostle.

KORONADAL City, July 25, 2010—Indigenous peoples and advocates have criticized the government’s seeming indifference on the plight of the T’bolis in Barangay Ned, Lake Sebu.

MANILA, July 25, 2010— The Roman Catholic hierarchy yesterday stepped up efforts to convince the government to push natural family planning.

The Church is not only stressing that artificial contraception violates Catholic teaching but that it harms women’s health, the influential Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said.