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Climate activists said that Japan and ADB’s continued financing of fossil fuel infrastructure, particularly fossil gas, under the banner of “transition” or “bridge” fuels falls short of what the climate crisis demands.
Instead of a moratorium on debt payments, the Duterte administration wants the country to sink deeper in debt. It is shamelessly taking advantage of the pandemic to push for the interest of his foreign masters.
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star As the 45th Asian Development Bank governors’ annual meeting closes today at the PICC, it’s apt to look back and see how the regional bank, established in 1966 with permanent headquarters in the Philippines,...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Two significant events that define the country's sovereignty, or the lack of it, mark this year: the 60th anniversary of the US-RP Mutual Defense Treaty, and the 20th year of the removal of the US military bases in the country. Thus,...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com In a big urban poor community in Quezon City, mothers, with children in tow, could be seen lining up at the local health center. Most of the children being brought to the center were not sick. They were there so that the...
Can a project for monitoring air pollution turn out to be as dirty as the air it is supposed to monitor? This is the question provoked by the DENR’s Air Monitoring Network Project, for which the government agency has been paying a contractor, through a foreign...
The water crisis, whether in the Philippines or globally, is a crisis underlined by the fact that majority of the poor people have no access to water while most of the water goes to the rich. BY ARNOLD PADILLA IBON Foundation Posted by Bulatlat Environment...
The water crisis, whether in the Philippines or globally, is a crisis underlined by the fact that majority of the poor people have no access to water while most of the water goes to the rich. BY ARNOLD PADILLA IBON Foundation Posted by Bulatlat Environment...
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