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As part of their advocacy to promote child rights and sound chemicals and wastes management, environmental group BAN Toxics, in partnership with Dr. Yanga Colleges Inc. (DYCI) and the Diocese of Malolos, launched the Children’s Rights for a Safe and…

26 November 2022, Quezon City.  Various environmental groups voiced their hopes for an ambitious treaty as governments assembled in Punta del Este, Uruguay for the first session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC1) to develop a global legally-binding instrument on…

The 8th Border Conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) has started. The conference, which started Thursday (November 24, 2022) in Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw, will continue for 5 days. By Erina Haque A…

22 November 2022, Quezon City.  Amid the observance of National Children’s Month and the Christmas shopping season, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has sounded the alarm over the presence of known endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) called phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates) not…

POEM     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 dogs barking harder.   I can feel you when you cry…

With Christmas and New Year festivities just around the corner, toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics raised the alarm on the early selling of prohibited firecrackers as a part of their toxics-free and waste-free holiday celebration campaign. In the recent market…

Former Senator Leila M. de Lima discusses with Pressenza journalist Perfecto Caparas how she fulfilled her senatorial duties—for over 5 years out of her 6-year term—in prison. “… my being alive and in detention sent a stronger message against the…

The Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival is now in its 14th year of gathering students, amateur and independent filmmakers, and film collectives in the hopes of finding a new generation of film-makers following the footsteps of…

Detained former senator Leila M. de Lima shares with Pressenza journalist Perfecto Caparas her views and insights on international human rights law in light of her own experiences as a political prisoner.  “We were able to show that in the…

Group calls on QC stores to stop selling mercury-laden anti-aging and whitening facial creams 16 November 2022, Quezon City.  In a bid to stop the prohibited sale of cosmetics contaminated with mercury and thus protect human health and the environment,…