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Environment, human rights converge in group show

By Elizabeth Lolarga | Mar 01, 2022 8:00 PM

The exhibit “When Salvaged Logs Bloom,” which is being held at two sites (Stall 9, Cubao X, General Romulo Ave., Cubao, Quezon City and Green Gate Gallery, Lluch Park, Palao, Iligan City) until March 6, reflects the dual face of nature and humankind: destruction and creation. It is also in parts an indictment of the violent nature of the Duterte Presidency. This fading regime has spawned extra-judicial killings (EJKs) and red-tagging during its brutal war on drugs and insurgency.

arts, environment, Human rights, When Salvaged Logs Bloom

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Man who can’t speak gives voice to environment

By Jun Santiago III, CSsR* | Nov 30, 2021 7:47 PM

Ramon Sta. Ana, 67, could barely talk. Six successive strokes permanently damaged his speech motor, leaving the former barangay captain dependent on interpreters for communication. His sentences are slurred. But whatever voice is left of him, the 67-year-old mangrove caretaker is dedicating it to the protection of the environment.

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SONA 2020 Promise Tracker: Environment

By Blanch Ancla and Jean Loriele Raoet | Jul 25, 2021 9:51 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte expressed hope “to see concerted efforts in protecting the environment” in his penultimate State of the Nation Address in 2020. A year later, his hope remains a dream as bills on disaster mitigation, administration of Boracay’s rehabilitation, and resource management are stalled in Congress.

Duterte, environment, SONA 2020, SONA promise tracker

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SONA Promise Tracker: Environment

By Laurice Sy | Jul 24, 2020 2:42 PM

Most of the promises related to the protection and preservation of the environment made during President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) remain in progress. Significant efforts have been put into developing renewable energy sources, rehabilitating Manila Bay and priority tourist destinations, and distributing land to indigenous communities in Boracay.

Duterte, environment, SONA 2019, SONA promise tracker

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Taal roars after four decades of almost silence

By Photos by Luis V. Liwanag and text by Klaire Ting | Jan 13, 2020 8:13 PM

Residents of Batangas were startled when the Taal, which has been quiet for more than four decades – suddenly rumbled and spewed ashes that enveloped nearby towns and cities, reaching as far as Quezon City and Antipolo.

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Red tagging puts PH as ‘deadliest country’ for environment defenders: Global Witness

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Aug 05, 2019 5:47 PM

“President Rodrigo Duterte’s government has ramped up its campaign of ‘red-tagging’ rights activists, including land and environmental defenders, as communist sympathizers, terrorists or supporters of a group of armed insurgents called the New People’s Army (NPA),” said Global Witness

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SONA 2018 Promise Tracker: Environment

By Meeko Angela Camba | Jul 19, 2019 3:39 PM

Of the promises President Duterte made during his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) related to the protection and preservation of the environment, he achieved but one – the ban on open-pit mining. Those that pertain to the restoration and rehabilitation of the country’s tourist destinations remain in-progress. Where he failed, however, was to deliver on the laws for land use, and the creation of a disaster agency.

Duterte, environment, sona 2018, SONA promise tracker

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Fruit bat myths debunked

By Elijah Roderos and Charmaine Deogracias | Jun 30, 2019 10:42 PM

Bats play a crucial role in the survival of a healthy ecosystem through seed dispersal, pollination, biological pest control, medicine, and many more.

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Youth group vows to plant thousands of trees to help protect the environment

By Klaire Ting | Jun 30, 2019 10:01 PM

Youth group Sigaw ng Kabataan Coalition will plant more trees after planting thousands for PH environment month.

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Bat mom

By Klaire Ting and Charmaine Deogracias | Jun 29, 2019 1:42 PM

The interesting lives of fruit bats in the Monfort Bat Sanctuary told.

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