Asia

8 April 2023, Quezon City.  The waste and pollution watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has lamented the return of traditional littering at pilgrimage sites with the easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Based on the monitoring it conducted, some pilgrims chose to…

a book launch review by Agnes Prieto All weddings are full of smiles, looking for the fulfillment of dreams. Expectations beckon. Too swiftly, life crashes; there is nothing to look at, only a yawning emptiness that nothing reckons with. Weddings…

Syria is on the brink of recovery as Saudi Arabia plans to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the Arab League summit in Riyadh on May 19. By Steven Sahiounie Syria is on the brink of recovery as Saudi Arabia…

Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World and other NY groups will rally to oppose Japan and Holtec’s plans to dump radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean and the Hudson River respectively. In April 2021, the Japanese government announced that it…

On 3 April, the Malaysian House of Representatives passed legislation to cancel the mandatory death sentence for 12 offences, including drug offences that account for most death sentences in the country. When the measure is also passed by the Senate,…

4 April 2023, Quezon City.  The Antipolo City Government and the EcoWaste Coalition appealed to the general public, especially the youth, who will join the penitential Alay-Lakad to the “Pilgrimage Capital of the Philippines” to avoid littering at all times. Through a…

After wheat, rice and corn, banana is the most produced fruit in the world. That is, number 4. Asia-Pacific is the main center of banana production. Basically, India occupies a large part of the world art market. Banana market is…

Baloch Nation is struggling for their freedom and striving for an independent Balochistan, free from Pakistan’s control. Balochistan was an independent country in 1947 but it was occupied by Pakistan on 27 March 1948, now Baloch are struggling to regain…

When you think you’ve arrived you realise that there are many other borders here. Language. The aid. The system says all the time: no documents. Bureaucracy is racist By María González Reyes¹/ctxt I know who she is and I approach…

Amalgam is a dental filling material that is 50% mercury, a neurotoxin and pollutant. This week, BAN Toxics marks a historic milestone in the effort to protect children from amalgam’s mercury: the one-year anniversary of winning the Children’s Amendment to…