Topic: Manila
AP News | 2010-03-19 07:43:04
Protesters display placards and a poster of Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest outside the Myanmar Embassy at Manila's financial district of Makati city Friday March. 19, 2010 in Manila, Philippines, to denounce the new ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-12 16:10:20
Seven in 10 Filipinos would defy the powerful Roman Catholic church and elect a president who supported the use of condoms and pills for birth control, according to survey released Friday. The church has stepped up its efforts in the mainly Catholic Philippines ahead of national elections in May against the introduction of legislation to allow state-funded contraceptives. But while ...
AP News | 2010-03-08 07:30:59
Protesters display condoms and shout slogans during a rally at the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines Monday March 8, 2010 in Manila to ask the bishops to "bless the condoms as a conciliatory gesture to unite for reproductive ...
AP News | 2010-03-08 07:30:56
Philippine health chief takes on powerful Catholic church to hand out condoms to fight AIDS
On Valentine's Day, Philippine government health workers hit the streets of Manila to hand out roses and condoms to passers-by. The message was clear in a country with a relatively small but rapidly growing HIV-positive population: Avoid unprotected sex. It didn't get far ...
