During the 28th Conference of the Parties on Nov. 30 to Dec. 12 held in Dubai, world leaders have officially launched the loss and damage fund (LDF).
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Just right at the entrance of the Expo City in Dubai where the 28th Conference of the Parties was held were climate activists and members of the civil society organizations calling for the phaseout of fossil fuel and demanding immediate climate action.
Progressive groups hailed the release of former Senator Leila de Lima who had been in prison for almost seven years.
On May 2, 2021, about 4:00 a.m., Justine Mesias, 22, was supposed to go to their sari-sari (variety) store when his mother’s partner stopped him. Apparently, 20 to 40 state agents raided their house and allegedly found explosives.
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and her mother Imelda can be held criminally liable by the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Internal Revenue for willful refusal to pay estate tax.
This unilateral termination of the peace talks has since halted negotiations on the social and economic reforms, the second agenda in the talks between the Philippine government and the NDFP. This would have included free land distribution to farmers, just pay and better working conditions for the ordinary folk, to name a few.
Doctors, health workers, development workers and colleagues of community doctor Naty Castro reiterated their call for her release as they gathered Monday, Feb. 21 in University of the Philippines Manila.
Five activists were killed and at least three others were arrested in what appeared to be government crackdown on progressives in Southern Luzon early this morning, March 7.
Due to the typhoon, Bicol farmers have lost yet another opportunity to make ends meet. They were supposed to harvest their produce in the months of October and November only to find their palay buried deep in flood waters.
Martial Law survivor and activist nun Sr. Mary John Mananzan urged the Supreme Court to swiftly act on the 37 petitions filed against the Anti-Terror Act (ATA) of 2020.
