Today is National Bicycle Day. Then President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation No. 1052 in November 2020 declaring the fourth Sunday of November as National Bicycle Day to highlight the importance of nonmotorized transportation “as a means of fostering sustainable development and promoting environmental health that is conducive to the physical health and well-being of Filipinos.” The proclamation cited Republic Act No. 8749, or the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999, which mandates the state to provide
In the secretive and rarefied air of the Vatican, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle’s rapid rise to higher responsibilities as one of Pope Francis’ most trusted confrères has been an object of keen interest among papal watchers. Recent reports therefore of the total overhaul of the top leadership of Caritas Internationalis, of which Cardinal Tagle has been president since 2015, sparked speculations of his fall from papal favor. Caritas Internationalis oversees the worldwide network of 162 official Catholic charitable organizations. The local media’s frenzied reports of this momentous event were almost uniformly sensational: “Pope Francis removes Cardinal Tagle, other Caritas Internationalis leaders”; “Pope
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