Chantal Eco is a visual storyteller covering human rights and climate justice from communities the powerful hope you won’t notice—chasing stories across islands, up mountains, and through layers of bureaucracy. She fantasizes about building huge datasets, crafting gorgeous visualizations, and making ambitious documentary films. Though, frankly, she’d rather catch up on sleep.
Chantal Eco is a visual storyteller covering human rights and climate justice from communities the powerful hope you won’t notice—chasing stories across islands, up mountains, and through layers of bureaucracy. She fantasizes about building huge datasets, crafting gorgeous visualizations, and making ambitious documentary films. Though, frankly, she’d rather catch up on sleep.
Environmental advocates and students from Christ the King College and Northwest Samar State University in Calbayog City, Samar held a peace rally on Monday, August 3, to call for the review of Vena Energy’s Gemini Wind Power Project. The turbines were originally...
For Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, Marcos Jr's SONA does not reflect the true state of the nation.
Bayan Secretary General Mong Palatino says Marcos Jr. is the big tiger in the room when it comes to corruption.
From the island and mountains of Rizal to the watershed of Samar Island, wind energy projects are being built on the forests that protect communities from floods and landslides.
“This success in Dupax del Norte is a success against mining all over the Philippines."
“The temporary suspension is not justice—it's the bare minimum. As long as Woggle Mining’s permit exists, Dupax del Norte remains vulnerable to continued plunder and harassment."
"We host dams, geothermal plants, and windmills, but we don’t even get electricity. The power is used for industries and businesses, not for our communities."
The situation escalated further when police deployed tear gas.
Aida Cabradilla, an indigenous Isnag, works on her cornfield in Madduang village, Kabugao, Apayao. Although their field is in an upland location and will not be submerged when the Gened-1, Gened-2, and Madduang dams are built, she fears they will no longer be able to farm because of strict prohibitions on kaingin (slash-and-burn farming) intended to prevent contamination of the reservoir.
John Amoyo, 23, skims across the water of Borongan City, Eastern Samar, as he trains for an upcoming competition. Skimboarding and surfing have become popular pastimes among the youth in the province, drawing tourists — especially during competitions.
Across the Philippines, many communities are losing their livelihoods and homes in the name of so-called development projects causing environmental destruction. With Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s presidency already at the halfway mark, the state of the Philippine environment is caught between lofty climate pledges and worsening ecological destruction.
“We’re not asking for much, just don’t take away the five meters that help us get home alive."
For years, residents of Barangay Paguludan-Salindeg in Currimao town have endured the impacts of solar energy projects in their community, including extreme heat and worsening flooding. These issues began with the construction of solar power plants by Mirae Asia Energy Corp. in 2016 and intensified when Nuevo Solar Energy Corp. started operating in 2023. Both power plants have a combined capacity of 85 megawatt.
“We are here not because we disobey our parents, but because they are with us in what we are fighting for. Sara Duterte has done nothing, she only advances her own and her family’s personal interests… she blatantly disrespects the Filipino people,” said Nathalie.
“If you don't know what kind of software is installed in the automated counting machine, it’s difficult to determine if it could be used for electronic cheating,” Kontra Daya convener Danilo Arao
Labor rights activists attempt to remove barbed wire barricades blocking workers from staging a protest in Mendiola during International Workers' Day.
In 2022, as tourism in the Philippines began to reopen after the pandemic and Kaputian Falls gained popularity online, the youth of San Gabriel saw the need to establish a group dedicated to protecting their community’s natural resources.
For the Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines, this report is not just documentation—it’s a renewed call for justice, accountability, and survival.
Gina Serrano, 51, the wife of extrajudicial killing victim Robert Serrano, gazes at her husband's picture inside their small rented room in a Metro Manila community. Her husband, who was working as an ex-officio officer at the barangay, was killed in front of their 9-year-old son on April 4, 2017, by masked men—just days after they discovered he was on the drug watch list. His death occurred at the height of former President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war where thousands of suspected drug offenders killed in police operations and vigilante-style executions.
Since Duterte’s arrest on March 11, families of the victims seem to have been laughing more lately–in between tears. For them, Duterte’s arrest brought mixed emotions. They are happy that he is finally arrested but also restless of the thought that he might still get out and other perpetrators are not yet held accountable.
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