CEBU CITY – A group of animal welfare advocates has expressed concern over increasing reports of puppies and kittens being used as live feed for pet snakes, crocodiles, and other reptiles. ANIMAL welfare advocates in Cebu have raised concerns over reports that puppies and kittens are being...
The social media flak I got (from a few people) on my previous article, “Disparaging the Darling Sass Sasot,” and its residual effects, on the bright side, prove people are still reading. I was taken aback by the attacks. I was intrigued by the onslaught. I knew it would touch a nerve...
Members of fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), together with climate advocates and various marginalized sectors, are set to mount a local climate strike to reiterate their calls for climate justice. (Photo courtesy of Pamalakaya) “, Filipino...
Nagkaisa, the broadest coalition of labor groups in the Philippines, called on the national government to immediately act on the recent disappearances of several labor and peasant activists in the country. (Nagkaisa) “We are alarmed by this report as it brings back memories of what has done...
Anti-death penalty advocates were called on by a Catholic bishop to “exert more efforts” to change the views of pro-death penalty Filipinos. (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) Bishop Joel Baylon, the head of the Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care, lamented that many Filipinos still see the...
A progressive group on Sunday, June 12, asked the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to conduct an on-site investigation to check the condition of 50 farmers and advocates who are allegedly detained in a “tiny 3x3 cell” in the Concepcion Police Station in Tarlac. The National Network of Agrarian...
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, June 11, urged authorities to respect human rights and the dignity of the farmers and land reform advocates they arrested in Hacienda Tinang in Concepcion, Tarlac. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) The Vice President said it was clear the...
EDITORS DESK The next administration is starting to form its identity, which can be gleaned from the chosen members of the Cabinet. Environment groups and advocates are waiting with bated breath to see who will be placed in various departments that would oversee the protection and sustainable...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate vice presidential bet Senator Kiko Pangilinan gained another set of endorsements for the May 2022 polls, this time from over 150 farmer organizations and food security advocates across country. (Image courtesy of KMP) Ten days...
Environment advocates and experts have expressed concern over Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso's beautification efforts of the Arroceros Forest Park by saying his move might harm the area's abundant biodiversity. Mark Louie Aquino, campaign staff of Earth Island Institute, said Friday...
A De La Salle University (DLSU) student was honored with the Youth Global Changemakers Award 2021 by the Youth Empowerment Facilitation (YEF) Global. (Photo from Mirus Ponon's Twitter account) Emmanuel Mirus Ponon was recognized as the Rising Impact Maker for promoting No Poverty, Quality...
More than a year of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, various women's groups launched a "survival" cookbook featuring peasant women and mothers' recipes of coping up with dwindling household incomes and rising food prices. (Photo from Amihan) The Amihan National Federation of Peasant...
