(via Google Map) LEGAZPI CITY - Members of the Diocesan Council of the Laity (DCL) in Albay have issued a manifesto endorsing "with strong conviction" the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan. The DCL, which has a membership of around 10,000 in 49 Parish Pastoral Councils (PPCs) across the 15 towns and three cities of Albay province representing active lay leaders, ministers, and volunteers, have resolved to support the Robredo-Pangilinan tandem after undergoing a process of discernment through a series of meetings, dialogue, and consultations among officers and members of the DCL. The manifesto obtained by Philippine News Agency on Thursday said: "We, hereby resolve, together with the Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas, to unanimously endorse with strong conviction the candidacy to the presidency of Vice President Leni Gerona Robredo and her running mate, Senator Francis Pangilinan as Vice Presiden
SHELTER KITS. Dumaguete Bishop Julito Cortes (left) turns over shelter kits to Manjuyod parish priest, Fr. Hitchon Amahit, (third from left) on Jan. 15, 2022. The Diocese of Dumaguete, in collaboration with donors, continues to provide relief and rehabilitation assistance to Typhoon Odette Victims in Negros Oriental. (Photo from the Diocese of Dumaguete-Typhoon Odette Response's Facebook page) DUMAGUETE CITY - Hundreds of families whose houses were destroyed by Typhoon Odette during its onslaught in Negros Oriental on Dec. 16, 2021, will receive transitional shelter assistance from the Diocese of Dumaguete and its partners. The project will provide families with simple but decent houses that they can immediately occupy once built, Fr. Hendrix Alar, emergency program leader of the diocese's Typhoon Odette Response command center, told the Philippine News Agency on Monday. "These are housing units to be built in collaboration with the National Secretariat for Social Action (