Philippine president faces calls to let health workers go abroad

Catholic bishops have called on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to lift a flight ban on Filipino health workers so that they can work abroad and provide for their families. Duterte banned health professionals from leaving the Philippines in April due to a “scarcity” of health workers in the country, reported ucanews.com. But Bishop Ruperto Santos... Read More

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Catholic MP leads calls urging Britons who were stranded abroad by coronavirus to share stories

A Catholic politician has led calls from MPs urging Britons who were stranded abroad because of coronavirus to share their stories as part of an examination into the Foreign Office’s response to the crisis. The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee issued the call to see how effective the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) was at helping... Read More

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March 20, 2019

CAFOD urges government to stop playing politics with aid budget

CAFOD has warned politicians that the aid budget should not be used “to play politics”. The agency’s warning comes as the former international development secretary Priti Patel backed plans to take back control of the foreign aid budget. She is calling for urgent reforms to how British taxpayer cash is spent abroad, saying we “need... Read More

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