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BCU Grad Dean Kupang Celebrates Double Win at Rise 2024: Best Presenter & Best Paper for Research on Women Peacebuilders #4/4

Dr. Genevieve Balance Kupang, Dean of the Graduate School at Baguio Central University (BCU), achieved both Best Presenter and Best Paper at the World Citi Colleges (WCC) Aeronautical & Technological College (ATC) RISE 2024: ICREATE International Conference on May 29,…

Emergency Press Conference: The Danger of Nuclear War Is Real, and Must Be Stopped

Wednesday, June 12, 2024; 1:00—3:00 p.m. ET National Press Club, Washington, D.C.; and on-line via Zoom Speakers: Scott Ritter: former U.N. weapons inspector and U.S. Marine intelligence officer Col. (ret.) Richard H. Black: former head of the U.S. Army’s Criminal…

Gaza: Security Council adopts US resolution calling for ‘immediate, full and complete ceasefire’

The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution aimed at reaching a comprehensive ceasefire deal in three phases to end the war in Gaza, with US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield telling members “today, we voted for peace.” The United States-drafted…

Biden’s New Border and Asylum Cap

President Joe Biden signed an executive order that places stronger regulations on undocumented migrants seeking asylum at the Southern border on June 4th. According to President Biden, this decision was made to combat the fentanyl crisis, as well as manage…

The Allure of the Lynx: Celebrating International Lynx Day

by: Assaf Levy, BioDB Every year on June 11, wildlife enthusiasts and conservationists around the globe come together to celebrate International Lynx Day. This particular day is dedicated to raising awareness about the elusive and majestic lynx, a wild cat…

Migrating Workers Provide Wealth for the World

Each year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) releases its World Migration Report. Most of these reports are anodyne, pointing to a secular rise in migration during the period of neoliberalism. As states in the poorer parts of the world…

Is a nuclear struggle between Macron and Putin inevitable?

The outbreak of the Ukrainian conflict revealed the worrying servility of Western countries, which translated into the loss of decision-making power of European institutions and their total subordination to the geopolitical dictates of the United States, leaving France as an…

EcoWaste Coalition Calls on FDA to Test Soft Plastic Balls for Hazardous Chemicals

9 June 2024, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the lead regulatory agency for toy safety, to test softballs, specifically those made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic, for harmful chemicals that…

BCU’s Braintrust: Faculty and Deans Share Learnings at RISE 2024: ICREATE #3/4

  by Genevieve Balance Kupang Baguio City, Philippines. We hope you enjoyed reading the first and second series of this article dubbed respectively “WCC ATC and Partner Institutions Host RISE 2024: ICREATE Conference  Fostering Global Collaboration in Research and Innovation #1/4…

NOAA Designates 1,722-Square Mile National Marine Sanctuary in New York

The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced the designation of the 1,722-square-mile Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary in eastern Lake Ontario, New York. By: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes It is the country’s 16th national marine sanctuary and will celebrate the area’s Indigenous…

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