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Environmental watchdog group scores the non-enforcement of the national and city ban on littering. 9 January 2025, Quezon City.  While awed by the unsurpassed outpouring of faith, the environmental watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition lamented the widespread littering that again blighted…

Wildfires fueled by strong winds in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, California, have scorched a quickly growing area of Los Angeles County, killing at least two people. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The fierce and unpredictable fires have forced roughly 70,000 evacuations and destroyed approximately…

First in a Series of Two (1/2) By: Charlyn P. Banaken and Emelita C. Pis-oyen Baguio Central University’s Graduate School doctoral students took a bold step toward fostering global peace and understanding with their ‘FOSTERING PEACE: A Peace Forum Initiative…

Guwahati: Expressing anxiety over the recent earthquake that hit the Tibetan plateau killing over 125 residents and injuring several others, a forum of graduate engineers in northeast India apprehended probable damages in the Brahmaputra valley if the China-made massive hydropower…

“The Ka-PEACE-tahan: Cultivating a Culture of Peace” Poster-Making Competition by  Karina Lagdameo Santillan and Genevieve Balance Kupang A pre-World March for Peace and Non-violence event was held, organized by the Supreme Student Council of Baguio Central University. The council was…

Communities and civil society groups unite for land rights and climate justice for a sustainable future As a young person growing up in India in the 1970s and 80s, the struggle of southern Africans against apartheid—an institutional form of race-based…

At the end of December 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service awarded $1.4 billion in grant and loan financing to San Miguel Electric Cooperative, a utility provider that operates in rural Texas. The financing will go…

Netta Lannes Arbel, 24 year-old from Emek Hefer, who refused to reenlist in the Israeli army in Ir HaBahadim Camp in southern Israel on December 29, was tried today for 8 days in military detention for his refusal. Lannes Arbel…

7 January 2025, Quezon City.  The environmental and health watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition bewailed the rise in the number of people, especially young children, who were injured or killed in firecracker-related incidents, prompting it to call for stronger regulations to…

Ancient India’s visionary strategist Chanakya gave six-fold policy deals on war and peace with the neighboring states, how a king should assess his power, and what actions he needed to take to deal with the states. Nearly 2316 years ago,…