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Steer Clear of Toxic Lipsticks, says Watchdog Group  7 March 2025, Quezon City.  As the International Women’s Day is celebrated, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition drew attention to the presence of cheap lipsticks in the market, heavily contaminated with…

Guwahati, India: The Press Club of Assam (PCA) expressed annoyance over the latest development, where a State Minister allegedly made unwanted comments about Bhaona, a traditional performing art form. The Minister later clarified it, denying it with a strong message…

Imahica Art is excited to present “The Art of She,” an exhibit that celebrates the diverse and powerful expressions of women in art. The phrase “I paint my own reality” by Frida Kahlo, when she was labeled a surrealist, serves…

US President Donald Trump surprised the region last month by suggesting that the nearly 2 million Palestinians living in Gaza be resettled in other countries, including Egypt and Jordan. Trump proposed that the United States assume ownership of the Gaza…

Itamar Greenberg was released  after spending 197 days in prison—the longest imprisonment for an objector in two decades. The Israeli army determined he had displayed “bad behavior.” He first refused to serve in August 2024 and was subsequently sentenced to…

Nuclear Ban Week in New York began on Sunday, March 2, with a meeting of ICAN activists at the iconic Riverside Church in New York, one day before the 3MSP (Conference of the States Parties) at the United Nations. By…

A new, utility-scale solar power plant proposed for a 1,600-acre site in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada is expected to be one of the largest urban solar power projects in all of North America. The 325 megawatt (MW) Saamis Solar Park…

Civil society leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region gathered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 26, 2025, for an Advocacy Workshop focused on the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) and the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG). The…

Denise Cheung, the top criminal prosecutor with the United States Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC, resigned on Tuesday after she declined to follow an order from a Trump-appointed superior at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to start a grand jury investigation,…

The QC Local Government Unit earns “ganda” (beauty) points for creating a task force to enforce the ban on mercury cosmetics. 24 February 2025, Quezon City.  The Quezon City Government got a well-deserved pat on the back for its latest…