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“We do not even have the capacity to manage our local trash problems, yet the Aquino government forced our country to become a global dumpsite.” - Clemente Bautista, Kalikasan PNE
“To get a kilo of sugar or half a dozen of eggs, one has to wait or fight in line. Money has limited use. There was nothing to buy. You can feel panic around, as people fought to buy some food or batteries.”
Most people asked by Bulatlat.com are afraid to have another killer quake in their lifetime, while some are just “leaving it up to God.”
“The endorsement of Lobo government officials for the MRL-Egerton mining project should be revoked and reversed to protect Lobo’s lives, livelihood, and environment.”
“Glencore ultimately failed in the face of massive people’s resistance against foreign and large-scale mining.”
“Pope Francis asserts the principle of common but differentiated responsibility, amidst a systematic drive by capitalist countries to blur the difference between the obligations of rich and poor countries.”
“What if the school building is already old, will the drop-cover-hold on still apply?”
“Where is the role of the people in the picture?”
“Preparedness does not only mean having the equipment, materials, facilities – it pertains to the people.”
“Congress should probe into how a pollutive coal-fired power plant was approved despite the copious lack of social acceptability and extensive environmental risks."
An international study in 2005 identified the Verde Island Passage as the “center of the center” of the world’s marine shorefish biodiversity.
“The Filipino people must demonstrate on World Environment Day our commitment to protect our natural heritage and ecology by opposing DMCI’s coal-fired power plant in the globally-renowned ecological treasure that is the province of Palawan.”
“No company with an atrocious environmental and social track record such as DMCI should be allowed to build environmentally-critical projects.”
“The naval forces of China and other big economic interests should immediately pull out of the West Philippine Sea.”
A newly-approved ordinance closes off Davao City to mining.
"Until now MGB has not heeded the call of the people to disallow and disapprove foreign large-scale mining corporations."
“We Filipinos are the losers in this shadow war currently being waged in the West Philippine Sea.”
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