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As the voting for by-polls in six assembly constituencies of Assam and Meghalaya, obliged to fill up the vacant seats after all the legislators shifted their focus to national politics, concluded peacefully on 13 November evening, the debates surfaced if…

BAN Toxics Calls Out Lazada and Shopee for Allowing Hazardous Beauty Products to Remain on Sale   Toxic watchdog BAN Toxics has once again called out popular online shopping platforms Lazada and Shopee for allowing the continued sale of banned…

Imahica Art is pleased to announce “Ruminations,” an exhibition that explores inner landscapes through visual art and meditations. The art show opened last Saturday, November 9, 2024, and will be running until November 24, 2024. This exhibition features two contemporary…

by Marivic A. Wance Last November 4, 2024, the Municipal Local Government Unit (MLGU) of Kibungan Benguet sponsored the tree-caring activity through the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) that organized and funded it and the Municipal Environment and…

Just days after Donald Trump won a landslide victory in the US presidential election, Ambassador Humayun Kabir, a credible commentator on foreign affairs, said in an interview with an independent newspaper Prothom Alo that the bilateral relationship with Bangladesh and…

By Karl Matthieu Rillera and Genevieve B. Kupang Embracing Cultural Exchange: A Journey to Nami Island and Gapyeong Rail Bike Park On September 22, 2024, a group of administrators from Baguio Central University set out on an unforgettable exploration of…

Pledges-heightened Campaign to Protect Water Bodies   The Philippine-Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) is extremely worried about the recent coal barge accident in Zambales that devastated a crucial fish sanctuary alongside the catastrophic coal spill in Sorsogon. The MV Katapatan 2,…

  We are the thread that binds that mends wounds, making bodies stronger with kind, beautiful souls.   We nurture and develop limbs that protects and soothes, that opens and extends without limit or measure.   We touch and enter…

Group Stresses Urgency to Enforce the Ban to Protect Human Health and the Environment 10 November 2024, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition pressed duty-bearers, government regulatory agencies in particular, to enforce the oft-violated ban on mercury use in cosmetics such…

7 November 2024, Quezon City.   The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has detected hazardous chemicals in plastic balls used to decorate Christmas trees. Often sold without any labeling information and warning, these pretty ornaments from recycled plastic could be…