The grave disregard of this government toward the welfare of poor communities and the environment will result in many more disasters, especially now that the climate crisis is getting worse.
How to concretely pursue or how to go about the integration of humanitarian and developmental programming, with resiliency as an overarching strategy, is what we need to focus on in our sustained response. I
Thousands of residents in Surigao City call for help as their basic human rights – food, water, shelter – are in scarce supply following Typhoon Odette and the worsening climate crisis.
A nickel mine is on the brink of a major expansion in Mt. Bulanjao, a rainforest system considered by indigenous peoples as their ancestral home and protected by a Palawan conservation law.
The Iloilo River, which was on the brink of being “biologically dead” a decade ago, is again teeming with marine life and biodiversity. Two tributary creeks – Dungon Creek and Calajunan Creek – threaten the health of the rest of the waterway, however.
On September 1, 2024, faith communities across Europe gathered online to observe the International Interfaith Day of Prayer for a Just Peace in the Philippines. This significant event, organized by the Interfaith Network of the International Coalition for Human Rights...
“We have to view mitigation, which the LCE tries to address, as a function of adaptation, in line with our Framework Strategy on Climate Change”
Fisherfolk groups called for immediate aid and livelihood assistance for those affected by the oil spill after a vessel carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial oil capsized in Bataan during the onslaught of Typhoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) “With the...
The visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to the Philippines has provoked a strong backlash from local advocacy groups, including Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN). ...
The oil spill from the sunken oil tanker off the coast of Bataan has reached the shorelines of Tanza, Cavite, according to a report from the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) on Monday, July 29. “What we feared has happened; the...