by Aaron Brooks | Nov 25, 2013 | Opinion
Soon after Typhoon Haiyan wreaked its devastating effects on the Philippines, people began drawing attention to a Jesus statue that withstood the storm. The typhoon practically leveled the coastal town of Tanauan in which the statue of Jesus continues to stand tall –...
by BWA Staff | Nov 15, 2013 | News
Five Baptist World Alliance (BWA) member organizations in the Philippines reported on the widespread devastation in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan that devastated parts of the southeast Asian country on Nov. 8. The five organizations have a total membership of about...
by Molly T. Marshall | Nov 12, 2013 | Opinion
As I write, images of the destruction in the Philippines are streaming around the world. They are incomprehensibly tragic and graphic – bodies thrown up into trees, dwellings washed away, infrastructures devastated. It is hard to fathom how such loss – at least 10,000...
by Maurice Malanes | Apr 14, 2011 | News
MANILA, Philippines (RNS/ENInews) Filipino church leaders are divided over a proposal to give the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos a hero’s burial. In late March, a resolution was endorsed by 193 lawmakers urging President Benigno Aquino III to allow the burial of...
by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove | Feb 12, 2002 | Opinion
Following President Bush’s promise to wipe out terrorism wherever it exists, U.S. troops began training exercises with the Armed Forces of the Philippines late last week on Basilan island. Basilan is home to the Islamic separatist group Abu Sayyaf, the suspected...