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The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Tuesday that the Gulf of Mexico will continue to be called that and asked for “no more speculation” on the subject, following the recent announcement of a name change that the internet…

Defying all odds, including a boycott call by some armed militant outfits, the people of far eastern Bharat (India) celebrated the 76th Republic Day, unfurling the Tri-colour paying homage to the known and unknown martyrs of India’s Freedom Movement against…

The Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project (HCW Project) recently conducted a Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) survey to evaluate community awareness about healthcare waste management. The survey, which covered Quirino Memorial Medical Center (QMMC) in Quezon City (NCR),…

Action Steps Proposed to Promote Chemical Safety and the Global Framework on Chemicals 24 January 2025, Quezon City.  As the sale of luck activators thrives ahead of the Chinese New Year, the EcoWaste Coalition, an advocacy group for a zero…

We publish here the words with which Antonio Carvallo introduced today’s virtual assembly of the World Humanist Forum: “The Forum is an ambit of exchange and discussion among humanists and likeminded people around the world to study and develop positions…

Ian Fulgar Solo Exhibition: Beyond Replication- The Birth of Composition & Jade Fulgar Solo Exhibition: Reflections in Motion- An Exploration of Memory, Identity and Water January 25, 2025. An exhibit, featuring the art of a father and a young daughter,…

The Kremlin views US President Donald Trump’s threats to impose sanctions against Russia if a deal on the Ukrainian conflict settlement is not reached as the usual routine, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. “We do not see…

23 January 2025, Quezon City.  Despite the global ban, the EcoWaste Coalition continues to uncover the illegal use of mercury in unauthorized imported products for lightening skin tone and for removing age spots, dark marks, freckles, wrinkles, and other dermal…

Seeking the Mainstreaming of Reuse, Refill vs Single-Use Plastics 20 January 2025, Manila — In celebration of Zero Waste Month, plastic waste reduction advocates kicked off the “Philippine Reuse Study Tour and Conference”  in a bid to amplify the viability…

The Constitutional Court of Ecuador has determined that coastal marine ecosystems have rights of nature, including the right to “integral respect for its existence and for the maintenance and regeneration of its life cycles, structure, functions and evolutionary processes,” per Chapter…