More than 50 organizations from Negros and Cebu in central Philippines on Wednesday jointly released a statement rejecting the expansion of Aboitiz Therma Visayas Inc.’s (TVI) coal-fired power plant in Toledo, Cebu, saying that the project will ‘contribute to the destruction’ of Tañon Strait, the country’S largest marine protected area (MPA).
A lay minister known for his visual arts has taken on mentoring, especially young talents like an indigenous Mangyan youth, whose painting skills offer an alternative to environmentally harmful charcoal production.
Leoncia has been mothering her two children with disabilities: an 18-year-old bedridden daughter with a physical disability and a seven-year-old son with a visual disability.
Environmental group advocate Protect Verde Island Passage (Protect VIP) on Monday welcomed [MV1] the cancellation of a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Batangas City, which would have contributed to coastal and near-shore ecosystem degradation and increased shipping activities in the highly biodiverse marine corridor.
When he was in Grade 6, Carl Abram L. Alcedo, in need for more pots to house his plants which is his hobby, ended up making his own, and has gone far now with terracotta and ceramics.
A former Ramon Magsaysay (RM) awardee leaves a legacy of service and integrity with his passing away on Wednesday, August 21, a day after he suffered a stroke, according to statements from various groups who had been witnesses to his life.
A group of environmental advocates, fisherfolk, and civil society groups on Wednesday raised concern over policy inadequacies in protecting the Philippines’ seas from oil spills and in exacting accountability from polluters.
Father Raymond Hober, SVD, 92, passed away on August 3, 2024, at 6:45 p.m. at the Techny Residence, as announced on social media by the Societas Verbi Divini (SVD) or the Divine Word Missionaries.