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Elunio M. Faraon & Jericho S. Faraon: Timeless Art Exhibit Father & Son Featured Artists

by Genevieve Balance Kupang   “The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” -Antoine Francois Prevost The Malabon Artists’ 2023 Timeless Art Exhibit, Series Two This second series of The Malabon Artists’ Timeless Art Exhibit features the remarkably gifted…

Groups Urge Philippines to Ratify Agreement vs. Toxic Waste Trade Following Thailand’s Ratification

8 June 2023, Quezon City.  Environmental health and justice groups lauded the Government of Thailand for joining the global efforts to control unwanted imports of hazardous waste and other wastes by ratifying the Basel Convention Ban Amendment. Thailand accepted the…

Judge Rules in Favor of Juliana v. United States Youth Plaintiffs; Children’s Constitutional Climate Case Can Proceed to Trial

June 1, 2023 – Less than two weeks before the first-ever constitutional climate trial in U.S. history is slated to begin in Montana, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the youth plaintiffs in the landmark children’s climate case…

Myanmar-Bangladesh: What kind of mindless narrow politics of UNHCR regarding food assistance to 23 Rohingyas!

Bangladesh and Myanmar are moving forward with the Rohingya repatriation plan a pilot project. However, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has taken a stand against repatriation in Myanmar’s current situation. And as part of this, the organization…

Why US Congressmen projected a false picture of Bangladesh to Biden?

Recently, six US congressmen wrote a letter to President Biden, demanding ‘appropriate’ measures against the Bangladesh government ahead of the election. The congress members also requested urgent action to stop human rights abuses by prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s government. The…

Europe’s biggest scandal

By Sergei Shevchuk, ukrainian political scientist Under pressure from the Americans, the Ukrainian court in charge of the biggest European cash bribery case did the unusual: it left everyone happy. As a result, Andriy Kicha, legal director of the Burisma…

“Get solutions to beat plastic pollution,” says BAN Toxics

Environment watchdog group BAN Toxics held a symbolic “walk for creation” on June 5 to emphasize the urgency of people’s actions on plastic pollution in time for World Environment Day.  The walk started from Barasoain Church to La Consolacion University…

Pope Francis in RAI TV Studios, Nicolò Govoni: “Talking About Education With Him Has Always Been My Dream”

The founder of Still I Rise met the Pontiff in the studios of “A Sua immagine” (In His image), during the recording of the episode La Forza della Vita, aired on the Italian TV channel Raiuno on Sunday, June 4.…

Online Trade of Cosmetics with Mercury Poisons Health and the Environment

4 June 2023, Quezon City.  In time for World Environment Day on June 5 and the mid-year online sales on June 6, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition urged online shopping leaders and dealers to protect human health and the…

Celebrating Philippines’ Independence Day through Artvocacy and Enchanting Ingenuity

The Malabon Artists’ Timeless Art Exhibit Art is a miracle, superior to the laws.” – Arthur Llewellyn Jones/Machen Arthur By Genevieve Balance Kupang On June 12, 2023, the Philippines will celebrate its 125th “Araw ng Kasarinlan o Kalayaan” (Day of Independence/Freedom) from…

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