TANGUB City, Misamis Occidental, December 1, 2008—The City of Tangub will officially open its 16th Christmas Symbols Festival tonight, Monday with an enormous Christmas lights display at the public plaza.

Mayor Jennifer Wee Tan will lead the switch-on ceremony that will be witnessed by two invited prominent Divine Word missionaries and the vicar general of the Archdiocese of Ozamiz.

DAVAO CITY, December 1, 2008—“Same-sex” affair or (males having sex with males) have the most number of cases infected with Acquire Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) here, record says.

MANILA, December 1, 2008—People are poor not because of their number but due to injustice, thus said CBCP – Episcopal Commission on Biblical Apostolate Chairman and Sorsogon Bishop Arturo M. Bastes, SVD.

In an interview with Radio Veritas this morning, Bishop Bastes said the proposed Reproductive Health bill will endanger morality and lives of the country’s young.

DAET, Camarines Norte, December 1, 2008—Continuous rains brought by monsoon rains affected some 5,000 families in this capital town and nearby municipalities cutting off land transport from Santa Elena to Daet and resulting into floods and landslides that destroyed millions of pesos worth of farm crops.

MANILA, December 1, 2008—A Catholic bishop has challenged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to make a public assurance that she will step down after her term.

Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez said Arroyo can make a written manifesto that she is indeed leaving after her term of office.

MANILA, December 1, 2008— Pushing for the Constitutional amendments would only fuel the flame of displeasure in the Arroyo administration, known constitutionalist Fr Joaquin Bernas, SJ, said.

Bernas made the statement in a radio interview Monday as he urged proponents of the Charter Change (Cha-Cha) to just pursue their plan after the 2010 elections.