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What I Can See and Feel

  I can see the sky getting darker I can hear the gods playing with thunder I can see the wind blowing stronger I can hear the cats meowling, dogs barking harder.   I can feel you when you smile…

Intersectionality of Chemicals, Environment, and Gender Rights, Discussed in Women’s Day Webinar

Environmental group BAN Toxics held a webinar as the world celebrated International Women’s Day. Speakers from the academe, science, and development work shared their insights on the intersectionality of environment, women, and gender rights. “We seem to have come a…

PEC Expresses Grief over the Demise of two Bangladeshi Reporters 

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses profound grief over the demise of two Bangladeshi journalists in a devastating fire that took place in Dhaka. The carnage on 29 February 2024 snatched away the…

EcoWaste Coalition Calls for Concerted Action to Protect Women from a Highly Preventable Source of Mercury Exposure

8 March 2024, Quezon City.  As International Women’s Day is celebrated, the EcoWaste Coalition pitched for a concerted action to protect women from a highly preventable source of mercury exposure: adulterated contraband skin-lightening products laced with mercury. “As we honor…

Improving City Bus Service in Guwahati

A year back, a forum of nationalist citizens urged the Assam government to ensure a quality city bus service in Guwahati till the night hours, but it has hardly made changes to the service, which prompted the Patriotic People’s Front…

Psychosocial or the beginning of an escalation of the war?

In what appears to be a move to pressure the United States to spend more money to support Ukraine and to pressure German Chancellor Scholz to decide to send long-range missiles – such as the Taurus cruise missile, which can…

PMPI General Assembly Manifesto

Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. recently held its press conference to celebrate its 7th General Assembly and 20th Anniversary, where the PMPI General Assembly Manifesto was shared with members of the press. PMPI GENERAL ASSEMBLY MANIFESTO We are from the Philippine…

PMPI General Assembly: “TWENTY: Transformative Work on Environment and Nature’s Rights Through the Years” Day 2

Bacolod, Western Visayas, Philippines — On March 5, 2024, more than two hundred organizations, including faith-based groups, NGOs, and people’s organizations nationwide, participated in the second day of the 7th Philippine Misereor Partnership Incorporated (PMPI) General Assembly. Most. Rev. Cosme…

Japan to tie landlocked Northeast India with Bangladesh

Hopes for the Red Sun finally glimmer lights over landlocked northeast India and plans to connect with landlocked states with Bangladesh, which has been deemed as geostrategic significance to Japan. Japan after the brutal Second World War has developed several…

“La Moderna Filipina 2024”: 12 Female Artists Celebrate Diversity and Creativity, Advocating Women’s Empowerment in the Arts

The Women’s Month exhibition, “La Moderna Filipina 2024,” at Imahica Art! opened on March 2, 2024, a stunnng showcase of the exceptional talents of 12 Filipina contemporary artists. Paintings, sculpture, mixed media, a wide range of mediums and art forms……

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