Community women in 35 key forest countries lack protection but work day and night to protect the world’s treasures. Laws respecting their land and forest rights are still "alarmingly weak" decades after governments worldwide vowed to advance gender equality, a report out March 2025 found....
Giant lender BDO Unibank Inc. has extended P5.6 billion project funding to the 197-megawatt Tuy solar project of Saavedra-led Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC), a Filipino firm that is calculatedly cementing its stature to become the biggest solar farm developer in the country with its...
Climate Reality Project branches from across the globe joined forces in Singapore for a four-day workshop on climate finance tracking and campaigning. The goal? To ensure developing countries receive the resources they desperately need to combat climate change. Organized by The Climate...
The Build Initiative Foundation is proud to announce its membership in the Climate Coalition, the United Kingdom’s largest group of organizations dedicated to addressing the climate and nature crises. This alliance, comprising over 130 organizations with a combined supporter base of 20 million...
The results of the recent Pulse Asia survey that show a huge number of respondents thumbing down the proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution is enough reason not to expedite the passage of any pending Charter change proposal, senators said. “This survey is a true eye-opener at kaya...
(Arnold Quizol/Manila Bulletin) About 52 percent of Filipinos said the Philippines should undergo Charter change (Cha-cha), a survey conducted by big data research firm Tangere. Based on the survey results released on Friday, March 22, 14 percent of Filipinos "strongly agree," while 38 percent...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin insisted that there's no "Plan B" for the economic Charter change (Cha-cha) effort, but said that she would...
CEBU CITY – An afternoon downpour did not stop thousands of people from joining a prayer rally attended by former President Rodrigo R. Duterte at the South Road Properties here on Sunday, February 25. FORMER President Rodrigo R. Duterte speaks during a rally at the South Road Properties in Cebu...
Former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. A former chairman of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments is prodding the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to pull the People’s Initiative (PI) for Charter change (Cha-cha) out of the...
Senator Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB) Senator Imee Marcos should've asked for clarity regarding the 2024 national budget if had any questions about it. Thus, said Zambales 1st district Rep. Jefferson Khonghun as he defended the P26.7-billion Ayuda...
1-Rider Party-list Rep. Rodge Gutierrez (Ellson Quismorio/MANILA BULLETIN) 1-Rider Party-list Rep. Rodge Gutierrez doesn't view the release of retraction forms for signatures in the People’s Initiative (PI) as a defeat for the particular movement...
Senator Risa Hontiveros warned on Friday, Feb. 16 the leaders of People’s Initiative for Modernization and Reform Action (PIRMA) of possible criminal charges should they continue their refuse to disclose the identities of the donors behind the controversial “EDSA-pwera” TV ad. “Mahaba...
