Ma. Ceres P. Doyo

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo has been a journalist for more than 30 years. She writes features, special reports and a regular column, "Human Face," for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. She covers a variety of subjects, church matters among them.

About 300 Indigenous people march Feb. 23 in Quezon City, Philippines, during a nine-day march to protest the construction of the Kaliwa Dam in their ancestral domain in the Sierra Madre mountain range. (Newscom/Sipa USA/Pacific Press/Edd Castro)

Feb 28, 2023

Indigenous groups, supporters resist planned dam in the Philippines' Sierra Madre

Carmelite nuns who prayed a novena during a nine-day protest march by Indigenous groups from the Philippines' Sierra Madre mountains are among the Catholics who have raised opposition to construction of the Kaliwa Dam.

Religious of the Good Shepherd Sr. Elenita Belardo: "I am at peace because I did not lie." (Ma. Ceres P. Doyo)

Jan 19, 2023

Philippine congregation celebrates sister's acquittal in perjury case

Days after the acquittal of Good Shepherd Sr. Elenita Belardo and nine others in a perjury case, the Religious of the Good Shepherd of the Philippines-Japan issued a statement celebrating the acquittal.

Holy Spirit sisters at the mammoth campaign rally on April 23, the birthday of presidential candidate Leni Robredo in Pasay City in Metro Manila with an estimated crowd of approximately. 500,000. (Courtesy of SSpS Sisters

May 06, 2022

Filipino sisters join 'pink mural revolution' to support a presidential candidate

Filipino religious sisters have joined a grassroots movement painting pink-themed murals that reflect the "good governance" platform of presidential candidate Leni Robredo. Elections are May 9.

Apr 27, 2021

Give what you can, take what you need: Catholic sisters join community food pantry effort in the Philippines

When Ana Patricia Non's put up a "community pantry" for the needy, the effort caught immediate attention and inspired others to do the same, including congregations of women religious.

Sister of the Daughters of St. Anne helped residents clean up mud in Bagong Silangan, an area of Quezon City in metropolitan Manila after flooding caused by Typhoon Ulysses, the local name for Typhoon Vamco, which hit the region Nov. 11. (Courtesy of Daug

Nov 24, 2020

Sisters work in flood-affected areas after typhoon strikes Philippines

Armed with brooms, brushes and buckets, the Daughters of St. Anne sisters roughed it in flood-stricken places in the Philippines, and helped people shovel away the thick mud in their homes.

Jul 28, 2020

Nuns, priests, bishops protest Duterte government

In the weeks leading up to the Philippines president's July 27 address, church groups sent out protest statements on government handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the new Anti-Terrorism Law, censoring freedom of expression related to the closure of the Philippines' biggest broadcast network, and other issues like the four-year drug war that has claimed thousands of lives.

Missionary Benedictine Sr. Mary John Mananzan (Ma. Ceres P. Doyo)

Jun 28, 2020

Supporters denounce 'red-tagging' of prominent Philippine nun

Benedictine Sr. Mary John Mananzan criticism of a judge's verdict drew the ire of a member of President Rodrigo Duterte's communications staff who called her a member of a "communist terrorist organization."