Archive of Environment

Small-scale miners in Surigao City decry arbitrary suspension of mining activities
June 03, 2025

Small-scale miners in Barangay Mat-i, Surigao City complained about the arbitrary suspension of their main source of livelihood. Residents said that the local government, soldiers, and police said that the suspension to small-scale mining is temporary but did not give a clear explanation. “It is so difficult… how will we buy our children’s notebooks and […]

Arbitraryong pagpapatigil sa pagmimina ng mga small-scale na minero sa Surigao City, inireklamo
June 03, 2025

Nagreklamo ang mga small-scale na minero sa Barangay Mat-i, Surigao City sa arbitraryong pagpapatigil sa kanila na makapagmina na kanilang pangunahing hanapbuhay. Anang mga residente, bagaman sinasabing panandalian lamang ay walang malinaw na paliwanag ang lokal na gubyerno at mga sundalo at pulis na nag-anunsyo sa pagpapatigil ng maliitang pagmimina. “Sobrang hirap…anong ibibili namin ng […]

Fisherfolk launch fluvial parade against destructive road and solar project
May 31, 2025

The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (National Strength of the Philippine Fisherfolk Movement, or Pamalakaya) and the pro-environment group Save Laguna Lake Movement (SLLM) launched a fluvial parade in Laguna de Bay near Muntinlupa City on May 31. They called for the scrapping of the destructive Laguna Lake Roadshore Network Project (LLRNP) and […]

Fluvial parade kontra sa mapangwasak na daanan at proyektong solar, inilunsad
May 31, 2025

Naglunsad ng isang fluvial parade o parada sa karagatan ang Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) at maka-kalikasang grupo na Save Laguna Lake Movement (SLLM) sa Muntinlupa City noong Mayo 31. Ipinanawagan nila ang pagbabasura sa mapangwasak na Laguna Lake Roadshore Network Project (LLRNP) at 2,000-ektaryang floating solar power project sa Laguna de […]

Various fisherfolk groups march to defend municipal waters
May 31, 2025

Hundreds of fisherfolk, their supporters, and environmental advocates marched together along España Boulevard towards Mendiola in Manila on May 30, a day before the National Fisherfolk Day. They demanded defense of fisherfolk rights, resistance against reclamation, and the reversal of the Supreme Court ruling regarding the 15-kilometer municipal waters. In December 2024, the Supreme Court […]

Iba't ibang grupo ng mga mangingisda, nagmartsa para ipagtanggol ang municipal waters
May 31, 2025

Sama-samang nagmartsa ang ilandaang mangingisda, kanilang mga tagasuporta at tagapagtaguyod ng kalikasan sa España Boulevard patungo sa Mendiola sa Maynila noong Mayo 30, isang araw bago ang Pambansang Araw ng Mangingisda. Nanawagan sila ng pagtatanggol sa karapatan ng mga mangingisda, pagtutol sa reklamasyon, at pagbawi sa hatol ng Korte Suprema hinggil sa 15-kilometrong municipal waters. […]

Fisherfolk urge new DENR chief to stop the Laguna floating solar project
May 25, 2025

Fisherfolk and environmental advocates are calling on Raphael Lotilla, the newly appointed Environment Secretary, to halt the floating solar power project in Laguna. They say the project will negatively affect the livelihood of more than 8,000 small-scale fisherfolk and coastal residents. Save Laguna Lake Movement (SLLM) convener Chris Baysa said “There is widespread opposition from […]

Itigil ang Laguna floating solar project, panawagan ng mga mangingisda sa bagong pinuno ng DENR
May 25, 2025

Nananawagan ang mga mangingisda at may adbokasiya sa kalikasan kay Raphael Lotilla, bagong talaga na Environment Secretary na itigil ang floating solar power project sa Laguna. Anila, may masamang epekto ang proyekto sa kabuhayan ng mahigit 8,000 maliliit na mangingisda at residente sa tabing dagat. Ayon kay Chris Baysa, convener ng Save Laguna Lake Movement […]

Bayan Muna opposes Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan hydroelectric power plant privatization
May 24, 2025

Former Bayan Muna representative Atty. Carlos Zarate strongly condemned the Marcos Jr regime for its plan to privatize the Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan (CBK) hydroelectric power plant complex in Laguna. He said this would only raise electricity rates, further burdening those who rely on the service. The 796.64 megawatt (MW) CBK plant complex operates under a 25-year build-rehabilitate-operate-transfer […]

Pribatisasyon ng Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan hydroelectric power plant, tinututulan ng Bayan Muna
May 24, 2025

Mariing binatikos ni Atty. Carlos Zarate, dating kinatawan ng Bayan Muna, ang plano ng rehimeng Marcos Jr na isapribado ng Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan (CBK) hydroelectric power plant complex sa Laguna. Aniya, magdudulot lamang ito ng lalong pagmahal ng singil sa kuryente na dagdag pasanin ng mga nakaasa sa serbisyo. Ang 796.64 megawatt (MW) CBK plant complex ay […]