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SorSU CoTEd and Midwifery together with Kurit-Lagting Art Collective and CAP Bicol Chapter successfully conducted a workshop on promoting Sorsogon’s Literary Traditions
The Sorsogon State University College of Teacher Education and Midwifery in partnership with Kurit-Lagting Art Collective and Concerned Artists of the Philippines Bicol Chapter (CAP Bicol) conducted a free workshop on Promoting Sorsogon’s Literary Traditions through the Children’s Theater from…
Group warns parents against harmful slime toys, calls for transparency standards for hazardous chemicals in PH
Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics warns the public against the proliferation of unlabeled slime toys among children, which may contain harmful chemicals that could be toxic. “High levels of borax, a crystalline substance commonly found in cosmetics, detergent, and…
Asia-Pacific Humanists Celebrate 54 Years of the Humanist Movement and Silo’s Message
May 4 1969 marks the historic day when Silo gave his first public talk at Punta De Vacas, Argentina, and started the launch of public activities based on the doctrine of Universal Humanism. His talk, entitled The Healing of Suffering,…
Labor and Environmental Groups Demand Listing of Chrysotile Asbestos in Rotterdam Convention
TUCP-EcoWaste Coalition Joint Press Release 4 May 2023, Quezon City. As the 2023 meetings of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions get underway in Geneva, Switzerland, Filipino groups championing labor and chemical…
ADB’s “just transition” harming waste pickers and the environment
No More Excuses, ADB! Prioritize Sustainable Solutions and Stop Funding Harmful Waste-to-Energy (WtE) Incinerators 02 May 2023 – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is increasingly promoting waste-to-energy (WtE) projects in its energy and urban development portfolios as a way to…
Envi group urges PH gov’t to ratify Basel Ban Amendment amid Conference of Parties meetings
This week marks the start of the Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties (COP) to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS). The event takes place in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 1 to 12, 2023, with various stakeholders convening…
BAN Toxics urges LGUs to Confiscate Banned 88 Total White Underarm Cream
BAN Toxics raises the alarm over the proliferation of 88 Total White Underarm Cream imported from Thailand despite the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-issued ban due to the presence of highly toxic mercury. The group made the call after a…
Books and Sunshine: Seoul celebrates Spring Reopening its Outdoor Library
On April 23rd, in honor of World Book Day, colors from Seoul’s Outdoor Library filled up once again the heart of the city. Now, and every weekend until November, families, friends, and couples can gather in the Seoul Plaza to…
EcoWaste Coalition Bares Unlawful Sale of Mercury-Contaminated Cosmetics in Caloocan City
30 April 2023, Quezon City. Skin-lightening products banned by the health authorities for containing mercury and/or for lacking market authorization are openly sold in Caloocan City in clear defiance of national and global product safety laws and regulations. “The continuing…
The hour of dignity
Another 24th of April… and from the Hamidian massacres of Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1894 until today… a continued and unpunished genocide by Turkey on Armenians, with an abject epicentre between the years 1915 and 1923, where in a…
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