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WURI Foundation Hosts 2024 Meeting and Webinar: Inspiring Innovation for the 2025 Global Rankings

By Genevieve Balance Kupang The World University Network of Innovation for Presidents (WUNI-P), Leaders (WUNI-L), and Experts (WUNI-E) participated in an enlightening webinar organized by the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI) on December 5, 2024. Before this webinar, the…

Editorial Cartoons Amplify Save Gubat Bay Movement’s Fight for Environmental Justice

Gubat, Sorsogon — Editorial cartoonists from across the country have joined forces to illustrate the struggles of Gubat’s fisherfolk and coastal communities in the Ink for Impact: An Editorial Cartoon Challenge, organized by the Save Gubat Bay Movement (SGBM) in partnership with the Kurit-Lagting Art Collective,…

PEC Urges Myanmar Junta to Release All Detained Scribes

Geneva: Expressing annoyance over the continued detention of over 40 journalists in Myanmar, the global media safety and rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) urges the military regime in Naypietaw to release all media persons with no condition and delay.…

Bangladesh-China ties to reach a unique height

Over the years, there have been regular high-level bilateral talks and visits between the two countries. Ministers of both countries have historically taken the lead in helping to establish this link. In an effort to build closer ties with Beijing,…

In Pursuit of India’s R-Day Celebration

Defying all odds, including a boycott call by some armed militant outfits, the people of far eastern Bharat (India) celebrated the 76th Republic Day, unfurling the Tri-colour paying homage to the known and unknown martyrs of India’s Freedom Movement against…

Turning the Tide on Plastic: Philippines Joins Regional Push for Reuse Revolution

Philippine Reuse Consortium Launched Amid Global Push to Combat Plastic Pollution  Quezon City, 27 January 2025 – In celebration of International Zero Waste Month, the Philippine Reuse Consortium, the Philippine Chapter of the Asia Reuse Consortium, was officially launched this…

Environmental Health Groups Seek FDA-Thailand’s Action to Stop Export of Cosmetics Containing Mercury

Call for Action Triggered by the Discovery of more Mercury-laden Cosmetics being Sold Online 27 January 2025, Quezon City.  Environmental health groups advocating for the protection of people’s health and the environment from mercury-containing cosmetics today urged the Food and…

Survey Sheds Light on Community Awareness and Practices in Healthcare Waste Management

The Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project (HCW Project) recently conducted a Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) survey to evaluate community awareness about healthcare waste management. The survey, which covered Quirino Memorial Medical Center (QMMC) in Quezon City (NCR),…

Toxics Watchdog Group Raises Concern over High-Cadmium Good Luck Charms 

Action Steps Proposed to Promote Chemical Safety and the Global Framework on Chemicals 24 January 2025, Quezon City.  As the sale of luck activators thrives ahead of the Chinese New Year, the EcoWaste Coalition, an advocacy group for a zero…

Art Camp Art Gallery Presents a Father and Daughter Art Exhibit

Ian Fulgar Solo Exhibition: Beyond Replication- The Birth of Composition & Jade Fulgar Solo Exhibition: Reflections in Motion- An Exploration of Memory, Identity and Water January 25, 2025. An exhibit, featuring the art of a father and a young daughter,…

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