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Anti-mining protests mark Earth Day celeb in Mindanao
Anti-mining protests mark Earth Day celeb in Mindanao
Simultaneous rallies gathered indigenous peoples and environment advocates opposing the entry of large-scale mining companies in Mindanao.
Pagdiriwang ng Earth Day, pagdiriwang sa kabayanihan ng mamamayan
Pagdiriwang ng Earth Day, pagdiriwang sa kabayanihan ng mamamayan
Tuwing ika-22 ng Abril ipinagdiriwang ang Earth Day, pandaigdigang selebrasyon ng kalikasan at kapaligiran. Sa bahagi naming mga maka-kalikasang aktibista ng Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment, kinakatampukan ang Earth Day ng samut-saring mga aktibidad sa buong bansa upang itambol ang mga mahahalaga at matatampok na isyung pangkapaligiran na kinakaharap ng mamamayan.
Green groups warn of more environmental damage due to increase in US military presence
Green groups warn of more environmental damage due to increase in US military presence
Until now, the Obama administration has not yet responded to the Supreme Court order to explain the US side on the Tubbataha incident. This shows “the US government’s disrespect for our justice system and its indifference on how we assert our sovereignty.”
‘Hypocritical No Build Zone Policy evicts poor for the rich’
‘Hypocritical No Build Zone Policy evicts poor for the rich’
“The No Build Policy arbitrarily bans dwellings within prohibited zones without social acceptability, feasible relocation, and livelihood alternatives presented to the displaced families.” – Clemente Bautista, Kalikasan PNE
Yolanda survivors depict their sufferings under Aquino administation
Yolanda survivors depict their sufferings under Aquino administation
“If the Aquino government is indeed worried only of our safety, how come they are allowing big business and foreign investors to construct infrastructures right where our loved ones died during Yolanda? Why are the mining and logging operations in farflung areas lashed by Yolanda still continuing?” -- People Surge
18 years after Marcopper minespill, Marinduqueños still thirsting for justice
18 years after Marcopper minespill, Marinduqueños still thirsting for justice
In 2005, the local government of Marinduque filed a case against Placer Dome in the United States. Last year, its new owner Barrick Gold offered a US$ 20-million settlement with a condition that the petitioners, including Philippine government agencies, waive their accountabilities and responsibilities with regard to the disaster.
Amid climate change concerns, Aboitiz’s new coal-fired plant in Mindanao set to double capacity
Amid climate change concerns, Aboitiz’s new coal-fired plant in Mindanao set to double capacity
'There is no such thing as clean coal, coal is still coal.'
Dam project threatens Sierra Madre – Laguna folk
Dam project threatens Sierra Madre – Laguna folk
The Sierra Madre Water Corporation plans to create a “multi-river hydropower cum bulk water” that would divert water and alter the five natural rivers flowing from the Sierra Madre mountain range all the way to Lamon Bay.
‘19 years of Mining Act enriched mining TNCS, but endangered the people’
‘19 years of Mining Act enriched mining TNCS, but endangered the people’
The 19th anniversary of the passage of RA 7942 or Mining Act of 1995 was “greeted” with nationally-coordinated protest actions across the Philippines. The day was dubbed as Green Flag Day, and protesters launched their call for the revocation of Pres. Benigno Simeon Aquino III’s mining liberalization policies and projects.
Visiting UK parliamentarian reports ‘sad, frustrating’ 100 days after Haiyan
Visiting UK parliamentarian reports ‘sad, frustrating’ 100 days after Haiyan
“Everywhere else in the world, when there is disaster, people ask for food. But in the Philippines, farmers are asking for seeds! The fiherfolks are asking for boats! They don’t want to depend forever on foreign support. They want to rely on their own strength and this is truly inspiring.” – Lord Jack McConnell, member of the UK House of Lords
Yolanda survivors initially barred from submitting petition to Malacañang
Yolanda survivors initially barred from submitting petition to Malacañang
“Why is it that President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III could personally welcome (there) an accused person like Janet Lim Napoles, but not the representatives of Yolanda victims who only tried to bring a petition signed by 17,585 survivors of Yolanda?”
After Typhoon Haiyan, survivors decry Aquino’s ‘profit driven reconstruction program’
After Typhoon Haiyan, survivors decry Aquino’s ‘profit driven reconstruction program’
“The Aquino government should have asked what the survivors feel, what is their way of life, what they really need.”
100 days post-Yolanda: Survivors ask Aquino to release aid, direct rehab to people & livelihood
100 days post-Yolanda: Survivors ask Aquino to release aid, direct rehab to people & livelihood
“The Aquino government had enough time in the past three months to attend to the peoples’ basic needs. The fact that the people of Eastern Visayas are still demanding for food, livelihood, housing and social services is a testament to the Aquino government’s criminal negligence.”
US troops guilty of environmental crimes – green groups
US troops guilty of environmental crimes – green groups
A study by Kalikasan PNE revealed that the presence of US forces in the Asia Pacific region has resulted in adverse environmental impact.
Foreign Secretary del Rosario asked to resign for inaction on Tubbataha compensation
Foreign Secretary del Rosario asked to resign for inaction on Tubbataha compensation
“US troops have a dirty streak across the Asia-Pacific region, posing environmental threats or even directly causing destruction and pollution over the past century in the Pacific Islands, Australia, Japan, Philippines, South Korea, and even in their own country’s West Coast.” – Kalikasan PNE
Read also: Make US military pay damages in Tubbataha, green groups ask SC again
Floods affect Caraga, Davao regions
Floods affect Caraga, Davao regions
Floods worsened in Davao region and Caraga region (Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley) since this weekend following days of continuous rains.
International lawsuit vs Fukushima nuke makers, suppliers being readied
International lawsuit vs Fukushima nuke makers, suppliers being readied
“Contaminated water [from the damaged nuclear power plant] goes back and forth into the Pacific Ocean – goes across to the Philippines, to the west side of America.”
Fisherfolk to protest against off limits zone policy in Yolanda ravaged coastal areas
Fisherfolk to protest against off limits zone policy in Yolanda ravaged coastal areas
“They want our people out of the coastal zones because they prefer big business groups who want to invest in Public-Private Partnership projects that would virtually transform Leyte and Samar coastal areas into export-bane processing zones in Region 8."
Groups ask why Aquino govt not running after US Navy for destruction of Tubbataha reef
Groups ask why Aquino govt not running after US Navy for destruction of Tubbataha reef
“The damage caused by the grounding of USS Guardian on Tubbataha Natural Reef Park is bigger, far more reaching and strategically fatal to the livelihood of Filipino fishermen and to the fishing environment directly linked to the protected reef park.”
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