Environmental Activists Pursue Doc Ortega’s Advocacy Against Destructive Mining (PR)
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Int’l Groups to UN: Help Stop Destruction of Marine Resources in Philippines
Int’l Groups to UN: Help Stop Destruction of Marine Resources in Philippines
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Pamalakaya, the fisherfolk group, is seeking the UN Special Rapporteur on Food to intervene in what it says is the continuing destruction of marine resources in the Philippines under President Aquino’s public-private partnership program. The group says these projects not only damage the environment but affect as well the livelihood of communities.
Soldiers Offer Inconsistent Testimonies During CHR Hearing on Botanist’s Killing
Soldiers Offer Inconsistent Testimonies During CHR Hearing on Botanist’s Killing
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
During the first public hearings into the deaths of Leonard Co and company conducted by the Commission on Human Rights, soldiers admitted that fired their weapons at the direction of the three victims but at the same time denied having killed them.
Philippine Agencies, State Schools That Promote GMOs Are Violating the Law — Casiño
Philippine Agencies, State Schools That Promote GMOs Are Violating the Law — Casiño
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño said agriculture agencies and government-ran agricultural schools are mandated by the law to promote organic farming. So why are they promoting genetically modified crops like Bt eggplant?
Groups Urge Noynoy to Act on Killing of Palawan Environmentalist-Broadcaster
Groups Urge Noynoy to Act on Killing of Palawan Environmentalist-Broadcaster
By RONALYN V. OLEA
and INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
NUJP challenges President Aquino to make good on his pledge to solve the killings of journalists while others say authorities should go beyond the robbery angle that the police initially announced, considering that Dr. Gerry Ortega was also an environmental activist.
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Killed for Anti-Mining Stand? Palawan’s ‘Doc Gerry’ Was Friend of Environment and the Poor
Killed for Anti-Mining Stand? Palawan’s ‘Doc Gerry’ Was Friend of Environment and the Poor
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Environmentalists and Palawan leaders praise Dr. Gerry Ortega’s contribution to efforts to protect the environment and help the poor and marginalized.
Kin Challenge DOJ Findings Clearing Military in Co’s Death, Ask de Lima for Impartial Probe
Kin Challenge DOJ Findings Clearing Military in Co’s Death, Ask de Lima for Impartial Probe
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Lawyer says Co’s family was not a party to the DOJ-NBI panel investigation and that they did not have access to all the evidence the panel had. Neither did they get the opportunity to controvert the claims of the military denying responsibility for the killing.
Palawan Environmentalist and Broadcaster Shot Dead
Palawan Environmentalist and Broadcaster Shot Dead
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Ortega is a known radio broadcaster and a pro-environment advocate. He has worked with various environmental groups and associations on pro-environment and community-based projects. He gained local popularity as a wildlife veterinarian and became known as "Doc Gerry."
Desertification in the Making: Philippines Has Lost 80% of Its Forest Cover
Desertification in the Making: Philippines Has Lost 80% of Its Forest Cover
Only 20 percent of the country’s original forest cover remains, making the Philippines the only country in Southeast Asia with the thinnest forest cover. An environmental group in Aurora foresees that all forest cover will be gone by the end of this decade (or 2010) if logging operations continue at their present pace.
Aquino’s Log Ban Plan Flawed, Say Environmentalists
Aquino’s Log Ban Plan Flawed, Say Environmentalists
Despite his seemingly firm stance, however, Aquino made the admission that a log ban could not be enforced immediately. He said that the Department of Environment and National Resources (DENR) and logging firms should first come to an agreement. He added that the EO would also affect and small-time saw mills.
‘Wake-Up Call’ for Abusive Mining Companies in the Philippines
‘Wake-Up Call’ for Abusive Mining Companies in the Philippines
Abuses by mining companies are not new in the Philippines. Destructive mining have, for decades and in tandem with wanton logging and the equally destructive building of dams, destroyed and poisoned whole communities. Mining companies have been shortchanging these communities. Worse, these firms have been using the police, the military and paramilitary units as their security guards, leading to human-rights abuses such as those suffered by the Ifugaos in Nueva Vizcaya.
DOJ’s Conclusion on Co Killing a ‘Whitewash’ — Scientist Group
DOJ’s Conclusion on Co Killing a ‘Whitewash’ — Scientist Group
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The DOJ panel totally ignored the testimony of the witnesses that attest to the culpability of the military on the death of the Kananga 3”, said Dr. Giovanni Tapang, chairperson of AGHAM and convenor of the Justice for Leonard Co Movement.
Bulacan Residents Up in Arms Against Dumpsite
Bulacan Residents Up in Arms Against Dumpsite
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“How can these officials and businessmen put the health and very lives of our children at risk? They are also destroying the environment in the name of profit.” – Fr. Anacleto Ignacio, parish priest of San Jose del Monte city.
Aussie Mining Firm Guilty of Rights Abuses; Withdrawal from Philippines Sought
Aussie Mining Firm Guilty of Rights Abuses; Withdrawal from Philippines Sought
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Companies like OceanaGold that violate human rights and destroy the environment have no reason to stay and should not be allowed to operate in our country...” – Clemente G. Bautista Jr., national coordinator of Kalikasan PNE.
Environmental Destruction, Effects of Climate Change to Worsen in Philippines
Environmental Destruction, Effects of Climate Change to Worsen in Philippines
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The Aquino government, during its first six months in office, does not provide any indication that it is serious in addressing the problem of degradation of the environment and in mitigating the effects of climate change because it is leaning toward failed market-based solutions.
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