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Karapatan A human rights group on Monday, Aug. 16, lauded a trial court decision that dismissed the charges against a pastor who was suspected to be a member of the outlawed New People’s Army (NPA). Welcomed by Karapatan was the decision of Legaspi City regional trial court (RTC) Judge Ma
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Church group decries attacks on worker, lay leaders
“The UCCP, along with other churches, have already sacrificed many of its fine sons and daughters, those who champion the rights of the disadvantaged. Despite the attacks, the UCCP and other churches and church organizations have never wavered in accompanying the poor and the oppressed.”
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – “Stop persecuting our prophets!”
This is the call of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) after the arrest Pastor Nathaniel “Dodo” Vallente and Carmilo Tabada, Farmers Development Center’s (FARDEC) program coordinator for Bohol last week.