SPOTLIGHT
Nearly one in every 5 poor Filipinos do not have access to clean water. As lockdowns hit livelihoods, handwashing is a luxury they can’t afford.
Cherry Salazar, PCIJ | Sep 8, 2021
The Dumagat tribe in upland Brgy. Puray in Rodriguez, Rizal has remained free from Covid-19 but pandemic lockdowns are hitting them where it hurts the most – their livelihood.
Winnie Aguilar, PCIJ | Sep 4, 2021
Since 2001, at least 282 environmental defenders have been killed. About 66 percent or 186 out of the 282 cases occurred under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Mark Z. Saludes | Aug 24, 2021
Indigenous peoples have long been considered guardians of global biodiversity, who have accumulated intimate knowledge of the ecosystems in which they live.
Pau Villanueva | Aug 10, 2021
The Dumagat Remontado, the indigenous people of Daraitan, Rizal, provided produce which were brought directly to community pantries in Metro Manila.
OeconoMedia | May 23, 2021
“We are calling for a 25-year moratorium or suspension on the approval of any mining applications and mining expansions,” the bishops said.
The advocates used the global climate summit as a platform to urge world leaders to prioritize vulnerable countries in the Global South
According to the Climate Shift Index: Ocean, these elevated temperatures were made “up to 40 times more likely by human-caused climate change.”