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POEM     by Agnes Prieto   From what distant time or place What spaces In my heart And in my soul A door awaited.   Silver time locks the door Hides the answer, Memory blocked Obscure Diffused.   Yet…

The ban on wearing the hijab imposed by a school for girls in the city of Udupi has become a flashpoint over religious minority rights. The conflict began in September at a college preparatory institution for girls in Udupi, a…

Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, SKM All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha, AIKMS Press Statement 11 February, 2022   Reject Zero Budget Natural Farming as a ploy to increase fertilizer prices. Punish BJP for increasing input costs to help Corporates and MNCs, reducing…

A Statement by the Save Zambales Kalikasan Movement Ever Onwards to Victory and Justice Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed. ― Mahatma Gandhi To our dear kailyans, kabagis, kakabsats, fellow Zambaleños, after 11…

A TALE          Once upon a time in a not so distant past, there was a girl named Nora. She was your typical little girl who loved to play in the garden, climb trees and read books…

POEM     by Agnes Prieto   We are in a time of transforming Of new songs we have not yet known… Life, asking to the new–   Be not afraid, thrilled, intertwined with the strange, But pivots that lead…

Can the question– Have you meditated today?– be integrated into our daily conversation in the future? Why not? I mean, unlike other exercises and habits, meditation can be practiced within the 24 hours/7 days of our lives. That much is…

5 February 2022, Davao City/Quezon City.  Two environmental health organizations have expressed support to a groundbreaking decision by a United Nations expert committee recommending global action against certain toxic chemical plastic additives under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants…

Amidst many ongoing surveys, debates, and interviews of stalwarts gunning for the Philippine Presidency, the Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI) – an NGO with more than 230 network members across the Philippines – launches its 2022 electoral education campaign, Power…

Five former prime ministers of Japan wrote an open letter on 27 January to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asking her to review the proposal to consider nuclear energy as a possible alternative to fossil fuels. The reasons…