It’s getting wild
DID YOU know that it was World
Wildlife Day two days ago, March 3? The yearly observance was a call for people
to take part in...
Environmental defenders
IN THE RECENT 43rd
United Nations Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva, Switzerland, a
delegation of human rights defenders from the Philippines sounded alarm over
the human...
Expand public health employment
TO COMBAT emerging health issues such
as COVID-19, including infectious and resurgent diseases such as polio, the Department
of Health (DOH) should expand the employment and...
Action vs plastic pollution
RECENTLY, the National Solid Waste
Management Commission (NSWMC) issued Resolution 1363, series of 2020, which
will ban some, not all, single-use plastics or SUPs in government...
Eco-friendly shopping
TODAY, the Department of Tourism (DOT) was
supposed to launch the first Philippine Shopping Festival across the country
for the whole month of March to shore...
Demand accountability and justice
(We
yield this space to the statement of the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa
Detensyon at Aresto or SELDA, an organization of victims and survivors of...
A good first step
THE NATIONAL Solid Waste Management
Commission (NSWMC) chaired by Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has approved a resolution imposing...
Pinoy sailors
THERE
was an unnecessary brouhaha in recent weeks about the reported impending
closure of many maritime schools due to deficiencies and failure to meet training
and education...
Live out the spirit of People Power
MORE than three decades ago, Filipinos
toppled a president who used all means possible to consolidate power and amass
wealth. It was a military regime that...
A ‘green’ People Power
HUMANITY has a daunting task before
it: to become resilient amid the worsening effects of climate change that we
have seen and experienced these past
years.
But how?...