A man was nailed to a cross with up to 10 more to follow while barefoot men beat themselves with flails on Good Friday, in a blood-soaked display of religious fervour in the Philippines. Frowned upon by the Church, the ritual crucifixions and self-flagellation in the north of the country are extreme affirmations of faith […]
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LCWU, Philippines school sign MoU
The Architecture Department at the Lahore College for Women University and Disaster Management Risk Unit Philippines School of Business Administration Philippine signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday. The significant milestone in progress and uplift of Department Of Architecture has been achieved with dynamic patronage of worthy Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Farkhanda Manzoor as […]
No end in sight as Philippines communist revolt enters 50th year
Philippine policewoman Ruby Buena’s introduction to one of the oldest communist insurgencies in the world was a roadside bomb blast followed seconds later by an eruption of gunfire. “I thought it was my time to die,” said 25-year-old Buena, who instead woke up in a hospital with a cracked pelvis to learn three of her […]
Philippines hit by deadly measles outbreak
A growing measles outbreak in the Philippines killed at least 25 people last month, officials said Thursday, putting some of the blame on mistrust stoked by a scare over an anti-dengue fever vaccine. Most of the dead are children and the toll is expected to rise as more cases are confirmed of the highly contagious […]
Five-month battle with IS ends in Philippine’s Marawi : defence secretary
A five-month battle against Islamic State supporters in the southern Philippines that claimed more than 1,000 lives has ended, the nation’s defence secretary said on Monday. “We now announce the termination of all combat operations in Marawi,” Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told reporters on the sidelines of a regional security meeting in Clark, a northern […]