17 Jun 2023, 07:57:52 (3 days ago) MEDIA ADVISORY for June 19, 2023 Reference: Casselle Ton, CHRA spokesperson, 09189199007 Karapatan Public Information Desk, 09189790580 Cordillera activists ask SC to review junked petition for writ of amparo Cordillera activists will file a petition for review on certiorari before the Supreme Court on June 19, 2023 on their […]
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2023 02:07:28 +0000 (UTC) From: Kalikasan PNE via ActionNetwork.org <info@sg.actionnetwork.org> Reply-To: secretariat@kalikasan.net Scrap all reclamation projects, hold proponents to account — fisherfolk and green groupsThe government must immediately cancel all reclamation and dredging projects affecting at least 27,000 hectares of the country’s coastal areas.This demand was made last June
The region has been designated to become the epicenter of fossil fuel expansion in Southeast AsiaProtest in the Verde Island Passage. Photo: @CEEDphilippines.May 25th, 2023. Blog by Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED), Rainforest Action Network and BankTrack.This frontline story accompanies the Banking on Climate Chaos 2023 Report, produced in collaboration with the Center for Energy,
Recent military bombings, strafing threaten endemic PH wildlife, key biodiversity areas — green group Seven key biodiversity areas (KBAs) and forest reserves in the Philippines, inhabited by dozens of endemic species, have been threatened by indiscriminate bombings, shelling, and aerial attacks undertaken by the Philippine military within the first year of the Marcos Jr. administration.
Attached a link to the appeal by Amnesty International concerning the disappearances last April 28 of two Cordillera activists Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus. Please join Amnesty’s letter writing campaign.https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa35/6791/2023/en/#
Amnesty International Statement © AFP via Getty Images Court dismissed one of two remaining drug charges against Leila de Lima. De Lima is one of the staunchest critics of former President Rodrigo Duterte. Arrested in 2017 after seeking to investigate human rights violations committed in the so-called “war on drugs” ‘De Lima should not have
Andrew, Have you heard of the Verde Island Passage (VIP), a water channel that cuts through the Philippines? It’s actually the most biodiverse marine habitat in the world, earning it the nickname the “Amazon of the oceans.” But right now, it’s set to become the epicenter of fossil fuel expansion in Southeast Asia.Liquefied “natural” gas (LNG)
On April 24, two organizers from BALATIK (Bond and Strength of Indigenous Peoples in Southern Tagalog), Mary Joyce Lizada and Arnulfo Aumentado, went missing while doing field work in relation to a series of shelling by the Philippine Military in Oriental Mindoro, an island 7 hours away from Manila. Days after they went missing, and
