Calling on the Maharlika Investment Corporation to Withdraw its Support for Destructive Large-scale Mining Projects
The Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) challenges the Maharlika Investment Corporation’s (MIC) blatant and incomprehensible move to fund a loan agreement favoring a gold and copper mining project in Kalinga province. The MIC was created through R.A 11954 or the…
Toxic Watchdog Group Dismayed Over Continued Online Selling of Banned Skin Lightening Products
Toxic watchdog BAN Toxics is urging social media and online shopping platforms to take down content, advertisements, and listings promoting skin-lightening products (SLPs) banned by the Food and Drug Administration due to toxic mercury. A recent social media monitoring effort…
The RSS Sarsanghchalak Advocates Promoting Mother Tongues
Guwahati, India: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat, while gracing an intellectual (Bouddhik) program on Sunday morning, pointed out that the Swayamsevaks work as catalysts for the welfare of the society. Dr. Bhagwat commented that RSS is not…
Good News Corps Homecoming Festival Hosts the World Culture Grand Show in Seoul
While spring seems around the corner as March approaches, Korea is still cold under minus-degree temperatures and it has been snowing lately. Except for much of those politically motivated protests and demonstrations happening outdoors, cultural and entertainment events are bound…
Is USAID a “Criminal Organization?”—In Nicaragua, the Evidence Suggests It Is
US. President Donald Trump has just closed down USAID after Elon Musk branded it “a criminal organization,” adding “it’s time for it to die.” Is there any truth to Musk’s allegation? By John Perry One “beneficiary” of USAID is Nicaragua,…
Top U.S. Prosecutor Resigns After Trump-Appointed Official Orders Investigation Into Biden Climate Funding
Denise Cheung, the top criminal prosecutor with the United States Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC, resigned on Tuesday after she declined to follow an order from a Trump-appointed superior at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to start a grand jury investigation,…
The Crimes and Victims of Italian Colonialism: A Story That Must Be Told, Beginning with Yekatit 12 የካቲት ፲፪
In much of Western Europe, the documentation of colonial history, including territorial and socio-economic ambitions, the consequences of imperialism, and the crimes committed by nation-states that emerged directly or indirectly from colonial empires and continue to grapple with these pasts…
Asia-Pacific Climate Adaptation Actors Gather in Colombo for Knowledge Synthesis Symposium
Civil society representatives from across the Asia-Pacific region came together in Colombo, Sri Lanka for the Asia-Pacific ARA-TLS Knowledge Synthesis Symposium, held from February 24-26, 2025. Organized by Transition Research as the TLS project lead partner of the Adaptation Research…
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Third Meeting of the States Parties in New York
“89 seconds to the end of the world”. The hands of the Doomsday Clock are ticking and not only that: in a few days the United States will host the third meeting dedicated to the TPNW – Treaty on the…
EcoWaste Coalition Applauds Quezon City Government’s Determined Action vs. Mercury-Containing Cosmetics
The QC Local Government Unit earns “ganda” (beauty) points for creating a task force to enforce the ban on mercury cosmetics. 24 February 2025, Quezon City. The Quezon City Government got a well-deserved pat on the back for its latest…
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