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EcoWaste Coalition Calls for Market Withdrawal of Lead-Containing Lipsticks following FDA’s Public Health Warnings

1 October 2025, Quezon City.  As the Consumer Welfare Month is observed this October and ahead of the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week on October 19-25, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition pushed for the removal from the market of…

Maestro Bert Monterona’s Masterclass in Mural Painting: Navigating Healing Beyond the 2025 LapuLapu Day Massacre

by Vernie Caparas With eyes that acknowledged every student seated in that 120-square-foot-workshop at Bahay Migrante, just across Mountain View Cemetery on Fraser Street, the Maestro began his 4-hour masterclass in mural painting. “I have been using art, specifically painting,…

Through the Lens of Ginhawa: Lakad-Lente Comes to Sto. Tomas, Pampanga

Sto. Tomas, Pampanga – On Saturday, October 11, 2025, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM, the Kurit-Lagting Art Collective, in partnership with the DTI–Design Center of the Philippines and with support from the Concerned Artists of the Philippines – Bicol Chapter…

NYC: Anti-Racist Educators to be Honored

On September 29th, Peace Action Fund of New York State (PAFNYS) will present the 2025 William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Peacemaker Awards to lifelong educator and former U.S. Congressman, Jamaal Bowman, and anti-racist educator and activist, Jesse Hagopian at a ceremony in New York City attended by leading…

PMPI Statement on the Dismissal of the TRO Filed against Environmental Leaders of Homonhon

The Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) welcomes the decision of the Regional Trial Court Branch 3, Guiuan, Eastern Samar, to deny the application filed by EMIR Mineral Resources Corporation (EMRC) for a Writ of Preliminary Injunction and/or Temporary Restraining Order…

Waste Workers Demand Justice: “End Corruption, Ensure Just Transition” 

Manila, 21 September 2025 – The Philippine National Waste Workers Alliance (PNWWA) took part in a nationwide rally to expose the deep injustices faced by waste workers due to corruption and neglect.  Despite being among the most essential frontline workers…

“Arrest Netanyahu, Sanction Israel”: National march in NYC on 9/26 expected to draw thousands as war criminal Netanyahu set to speak at the UN General Assembly

 With news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 29th, thousands from across the country are expected to gather in New York City for a mass march to…

EcoWaste Coalition Joins People’s Clamor to End Systemic Corruption, Urges Government to Protect Climate and Environmental Funds

Public Money Must Serve People and the Planet, not the Greedy and Corrupt 21 September 2025, Quezon City – The environmental watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition joined the non-violent protest assemblies in Rizal Park and People Power Monument against despicable corruption, stressing…

Olivia Maurel in Slovakia: Book Launch and Advocacy for the Universal Abolition of Surrogacy

Bratislava – 20 September 2025. Olivia Maurel, author of Where Are You, Mom? (Où es-tu, maman ?, Éditions du Rocher) and international spokesperson of the Casablanca Declaration, will visit Slovakia from September 21 to 24, 2025 for the launch of her…

Casablanca’s Involvement in Protecting Women and Children in Ecuador

A bill proposed in Ecuador by the Ombudsman provides for the regulation of medically assisted reproduction, in which surrogacy is permitted. Bernard Garcia, a Franco-Chilean doctor of law and executive director of the Casablanca Declaration, was invited by the NGO…

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