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...
As the country continues to face a learning crisis, the advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) welcomed on Thursday, Nov. 10, the designation of the conferees of Congress in the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II). Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in...
“Shouldn’t we be taking advantage of the face-to-face classes for teachers to do accurate assessments of what the learners have and have not learned in the past years?” This was what Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Chairperson Vladimer Quetua said, hitting the Department of Education’s...
The Department of Finance (DOF) assured the Senate that the national debt remains within manageable levels, allaying fears of the country defaulting on loans amid a slightly elevated debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno issued the statement in response to...
Department of Social Welfare and Development The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday, Aug. 12 warned the public against faking documents to get emergency assistance from the agency. In a statement, DSWD said it is pleased to facilitate requests for assistance through the...
The Quezon City government, in collaboration with the C40 Cities, has launched a new environmental initiative that will address the climate crisis in the city. Mayor Joy Belmonte led the Climate Action Implementation (CAI) program launching ceremony at the Novotel Manila in Araneta City, QC on...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the release of additional funding for the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) financial assistance to individuals and families in “crisis situation.” In a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 9, Budget Secretary Amenah F....
EDITORS DESK Environment writers have been calling out the attention of authorities and our country’s leaders to look into the plastic pollution crisis that is now happening. This is an inevitable outcome of a long pandemic that relied on plastics, especially single-use plastics, to protect us...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka faces a "great danger" with fuel shortages sparked by its unprecedented economic crisis set to continue at least till the year's end, President Ranil Wickremesinghe warned Wednesday. This handout photograph taken on August 3, 2022 and released by Sri Lanka's...
The first batch of Filipinos evacuating from Sri Lanka amid the ongoing economic crisis there has arrived in the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Sunday, July 31. 13 Filipino repatriates from Sri Linka (DFA photo) According to the DFA, 13 distressed Filipinos,...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has proposed solutions to the daily intermittent power outage in Occidental Mindoro as the power crisis has affected hospital operations amid a dengue outbreak as well as rising Covid-19 cases. One solution, according to Gatchalian, is for the National Power Corporation...
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will not exclude Russia in its upcoming Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) as the regional bloc intends to provide a platform for discussion among conflicting and warring parties. This was according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ASEAN...
