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The international Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) will sail in mid April with multiple vessels, carrying 5500 tons of humanitarian aid and hundreds of international human rights observers to challenge the ongoing illegal Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. This is…

5 April 2024, Quezon City.  Ahead of World Health Day on April 7, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition today provided the City Government of Manila with a map of wholesale and retail stores selling skin-lightening products laced with mercury…

Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been sworn in as President of Senegal. In just a few weeks, Faye went from prison to the presidential palace in an electoral process that, despite the difficult path it took and the country’s difficult context,…

Perhaps one of the best descriptions of the spiritual approach of the ruling system can be found in the famous book ‘The Secret’ by the Australian writer Rhonda Byrne. This work is like an extension of the previous recipe book…

A new cycle of human development workshops has begun in the prisons of Buenos Aires. The workshops are given online by volunteers from the Humanist Movement based in different cities and involve more than 3,000 people deprived of their liberty.…

Ozamiz City, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) Ozamiz City Division recently spearheaded the unified launching of school-based teen centers, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at addressing the holistic needs of adolescents in the region. The event, hosted at the…

A Trailblazer from Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region by Genevieve Balance-Kupang In a landmark moment for the Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines, Dr. Jimmy Guisdan Catanes has been appointed as the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Director IV, marking the first…

Watchdog Group Campaigns for a Mercury-free Online Marketplace 3 April 2024, Quezon City.  On the eve of the 4.4 online shopping sales, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition assailed the unbridled use of e-commerce sites to sell mercury and mercury-added…

Thailand’s lower house endorses historic same-sex marriage bill, paving the way for southeast Asia’s first marriage equality law amid evolving LGBTQ+ rights landscape. By Pranjal Pandey Legislators in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament have decisively endorsed a marriage equality bill,…

The EU’s evolving common defense network is decades in the making, yet remains hindered by its inability to match NATO and apprehension by some member states. By John P. Ruehl At the European Defense Agency’s annual conference in November 2023,…