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EcoWaste Coalition Raises Awareness on Dangers of Button Batteries in Children’s Toys

1 December 2025, Quezon City.  Parents beware: button batteries used to power some toys may pose serious health risks to your children and must be kept out of their sight and reach at all times to prevent kids from playing…

CNFF-25 Concludes at Jyoti Chitraban, ‘Koli’, ‘Joba’ Adjudged as Best Short Film Features

Guwahati: Curtains came down for the  9th Chalachitram National Film Festival at the Jyoti Chitraban premise in Kahilipara on 30 November 2025. Distinguished guests of the closing ceremony handed over the awards along with the certificates and cash prizes to…

Dr Mohanty: Cinema must not be restricted to entertainment only

CNFF-25 Kickstarts at Jyoti Chitraban Guwahati: The 9th Chalachitram National Film Festival kicks off and starts at the Jyoti Chitraban film studio grounds in the Kahilipara locality. Dr. Sunil Mohanty, Asom Khetra prachar pramukh of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, inaugurated the…

Lakbay Dunong Outreach Brought Food, School Supplies, and Hope to the Subanen Community in Zamboanga del Norte

Brgy. Pange, Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte, Mindanao — The Friends of Saint Mary MacKillop Inc. (FSMMI), together with its partner organizations and sponsors, successfully conducted its Lakbay Dunong Outreach Program on November 29, 2025, bringing essential food support, school supplies,…

Anihan: The Latest Rice Paintings of Hermisanto is now on Exhibit at Kapitolyo Art Space

November 26, 2025 saw the opening of Anihan* (meaning Harvest), the latest collection of Rice Paintings by Hermisanto. The singular artist who uses ‘Palay’ or unhusked rice as his medium of expression, it is a style that has become his…

New Teen Hubs Bring Hope and Support to Ozamiz Learners

Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines — Five new school-based teen centers were officially launched at the Ozamiz City Central School, marking another milestone for the Building Resilient and Aware Voices for Empowerment (BRAVE) Project of Jhpiego Philippines and the Department…

HAIL HOLY EYES: A mid-career exhibition of Jigger Cruz opens at The M

This November, The M presents Hail Holy Eyes, a major retrospective tracing the evolution of Jigger Cruz—one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Philippine art.   Featuring over a hundred artworks from 2007 to the present, the exhibition offers…

EcoWaste Coalition Pushes for Safe and Non-Toxic Toys for All Children as Christmas Nears

Watchdog group urges duty-bearers to ensure children’s right to non-hazardous toys is upheld 27 November 2025, Quezon City.  As the National Children’s Month is observed and as Christmas gets closer, the EcoWaste Coalition appealed to all sectors to take steps…

Saharawi Activist Reportedly Enduring Harsh Conditions in Kénitra Prison

Sahrawi activist Abdullah Lekhfaouni, prisoner of the “Gdeim Izik group”, is enduring critical humanitarian and health crisis in the central prison of Kénitra. Formal complaints filed by his mother Aliya Al-Radâa point out that Lekhfaouni has been systematically deprived of…

Coalition Condemns ADB’s “Dangerous Reversal” on Nuclear Energy, Warns of Debt and Disaster

MANILA, Philippines – As the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board meets today to deliberate its 2025 Energy Policy Review, a coalition of civil society groups led by the Nuclear Free Bataan Movement (NFBM) held a protest at the bank’s headquarters, condemning…

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