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Communities to Hold a Day of Action Against Incineration as the Asia Clean Energy Forum Goes Underway   Manila, Philippines – June 10, 2023 – The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives  (GAIA) in Asia Pacific will hold a Day of…

Universalisation of Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Is Increasingly Essential

Photo: Wreath-Laying at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims by G7 leaders—Italy’s PM Meloni, PM Trudeau of Canada, President Macron of France, Summit host Fumio Kishida, US President Biden, and Chancellor Scholz—flanked by European Commission president von der Leyen…

US-China rivalry Should Not Affect Bringing Solution to Rohingya Crisis

For the past six years, the repatriation of Rohingya refugees to their homeland has been a contentious issue between their homeland Myanmar and host country Bangladesh since Myanmar authorities have consistently refused to recognize the Rohingya people as their own…

Enforce the Phase-out Deadline on Mercury-containing Dental Amalgam in the Philippines

Environmental watchdog group BAN Toxics calls the attention of the regulators to enforce the phase-out deadline on the use of mercury in dental restorative procedures with the 3-year transitory period (ending in May 2023) in the country. This effectively bans…

Saving AEC from Unholy Intruders

It was shocking to observe the pathetic condition of my college recently after three decades. When we left the college, it was one of the brightest technical institutions in eastern India, but it has now turned into an ordinary residential…

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…

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…

“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…

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