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The Special Interest Groups (SIGs): Highlights of the 2023 WCCI Philippine Chapter National Convention, Part 2

by Genevieve Balance Kupang and Nico Candelario “Our commitment to carry out the resolutions agreed upon during the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) meetings make our WCCI organization thrive. Let us continue to truly make the SIGs the lifeblood of WCCI.”…

Dismantling “development”, by Ted Trainer

Millions of people are simply abandoning the conventional capitalist model of development, turning away to build their own collective, self-sufficient, non-market, frugal forms of development in accordance with cultural traditions. By Ted Trainer* For over two hundred years it has…

Study: 140 million people could fall into extreme poverty due to energy crisis

Households in Central Asia continue to be the hardest hit by rising energy prices, followed by South and Southeast Asia. RT English – The global energy crisis, triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, has driven upward the price of energy for…

Faith in the dollar, in counterfeit money, will be destroyed”, they warn

“Everything will collapse, including gold, silver and bitcoin prices. Don’t panic,” they say Renowned US investor and author Robert Kiyosaki believes confidence in the US dollar “will be destroyed”, he said in a message posted on his official Twitter account…

February 24 and 25, 2023: Europe for Peace

On the anniversary of the outbreak of war in Ukraine, we believe it is fitting to take a moment to remember all the victims of this umpteenth catastrophe. More, we believe it is important to take a moment and clarify…

Big Heat Hits Antarctica

A recent report out of West Antarctica is rattling scientists. It’s all about heat, big-time heat, encroaching upon the world’s biggest chunk of ice that locks down a couple hundred feet of sea level rise. This kind of news is…

Highlights of the 2023 World Council for Curriculum and Instruction: Philippine Chapter National Convention, Part 1

“Education saves and transforms lives, it is the bedrock of sustainability. We must work together across all development areas to make it a universal right.” – UNESCO Dir. Gen. Irina Bokova After three years of social distancing and online forums, the World…

Biodiversity loss, the sixth great extinction and the need for action

Susan Price of the Green Left talks with Canadian ecosocialist Marc Bonhomme about the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP15), held in Montreal from 7 to 19 December 2022. By Susan Price (S. P.): COP15 in Montreal has received much…

Pure balloon (ufologists refrain)

After the overblown reactions of the highest US authorities to the overflight of a Chinese hot air balloon, which Beijing claims was a weather observation balloon and which Washington claims was spying, the government headed by Joe Biden has been…

Myanmar, Bangladesh needs to pursue ‘Rohingya diplomacy’

Along with the much-needed support from the international organization, the Bangladesh government has been managing the large Rohingya influx but has yet to repatriate them to Myanmar, due to the reluctance and non-cooperation of Myanmar counterpart. In this matter, the…

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