Dear friends and colleagues, We are writing to call for your support for the call to release Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro, two women youth environmental advocates from the Philippines who were abducted last September 2, 2023 in Bataan province. They were conducting a research on the impacts of land reclamation in Manila Bay and… Continue reading Petition to release Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro
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REPORT OF THE FACT-FINDING MISSION MEMBERS ON THE REPORTED ABDUCTION OF TWO YOUNG WOMEN ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS IN ORION, BATAAN
This fact-finding mission (FFM) was conducted on September 4, 2023 to September 5, 2023 in Orion, Bataan. Members of the FFM were able to gather the following information regarding the reported abduction: Jonila Castro, 21 years old, and Jhed Tamano, 22 years old, are both community volunteers of the Alyansa para sa Pagtatanggol sa Kabuhayan,… Continue reading REPORT OF THE FACT-FINDING MISSION MEMBERS ON THE REPORTED ABDUCTION OF TWO YOUNG WOMEN ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS IN ORION, BATAAN
AKAP KA Manila Bay
Press Release 9 September 2023 Harassment and intimidation against anti-reclamation activists and fishermen have been rampant since San Miguel Corporation started displacing communities and after the then-Duterte government enacted RA11506, an act granting San Miguel Inc. a franchise to construct, develop, establish, operate, and maintain International Airport and adjacent airport city. In 2020, an army… Continue reading AKAP KA Manila Bay
Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment as convenor of the Environmental Defenders Congress
PRESS RELEASESeptember 9, 2023 Independent probe points to possible State role in envi defenders’ abduction, green group says After joining the independent civil society fact-finding mission to locate missing environmental activists Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano, Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment is increasingly convinced of potential State involvement in their disappearance. “To solve a… Continue reading Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment as convenor of the Environmental Defenders Congress
Green groups raise alarm over Chinese company’s involvement in Manila Bay reclamation
PRESS RELEASEAugust 6, 2023 Green groups raise alarm over Chinese company’s involvement in Manila Bay reclamation Environmental group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) expressed concern over the involvement of a Chinese construction company in reclamation in Manila Bay, after it was revealed that the same company is involved in the construction of… Continue reading Green groups raise alarm over Chinese company’s involvement in Manila Bay reclamation