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PH Development NGOs Deeply Concerned over Alleged Signature Buying for Cha-Cha Push

The Caucus of Development Non-Government Organization Networks (CODE-NGO) is deeply concerned with the reports of alleged bribery by some officials in their effort to launch a people’s initiative and mobilize support for charter change. Earlier this week, several lawmakers sounded…

PEC Demands Release of  Burmese Journalist- filmmaker Shin Daewe

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses serious concern over the imprisonment of fearless Burmese journalist-filmmaker Shin Daewe for life by the ruling military junta of Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh) and demands her immediate…

Women Workers Health Empowerment Network (WHEN) successfully launches with Free Cervical Cancer Screening in Caloocan City

Caloocan City, Philippines (January 14, 2024) – In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at addressing the low cervical cancer screening rates in the country, the Women Workers Health Empowerment Network was launched on January 14, 2024, with a comprehensive free screening…

Santo Niño Fiestas Urged to Do Without Single-Use Plastic Banderitas

13 January 2024, Quezon City.  A group advocating for a zero waste and toxics-free society has again appealed to communities across the country that are about to celebrate the highly popular feast of Santo Niño to refrain from hanging single-use…

An American Appeals To Taiwan: Don’t Vote To Be Ukraine 2.0

“American bullets, Taiwanese blood” Is a Cruel and Evil Bargain By John V. Walsh On January 13, the people of Taiwan, officially designated the Republic of China (ROC), will elect a new President and unicameral legislature known as the Legislative…

EcoWaste Coalition Bares New List of 31 Lead-Containing Spray Paints

11 January 2024, Quezon City.  With the start of the New Year, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition again reminded consumers to steer clear of aerosol paints containing lead, a hazardous chemical banned in the manufacture of paints and similar…

A Call for a Just Transition to Modern Jeepneys

We, the Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI), a social development and advocacy network of more than 250 church faith-based groups, non-governmental organizations, and people’s organizations in the Philippines,  stand in solidarity with the jeepney drivers and operators who are facing…

Chinese spacecraft shows what it was like to live the first day of 2024 in orbit

For just over five months, the three crew members will continue their research work in space. After completing their assigned tasks on the first day of the new year, the Chinese astronauts donned special hoodies and turned on the cameras…

Sheikh Hasina has been reelected as the PM of Bangladesh

After the 12th National Election of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has been reelected as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. The election was held on the 7th of January, 2024. Her party Bangladesh Awami League has won 223 seats out of 330…

Turkish diplomacy ready to organise peace talks between Ukraine and Russia

Today Turkish President Erdogan announced to the press that his country is ready to mediate the peace talks needed to resolve the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The statement issued by the Turkish presidency says that Zelensky and Erdogan have…

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