Archive of Environment

85th IB harasses and detains Bayan Muna volunteers in Quezon
March 05, 2024

Twenty troops of the 85th IB, Philippine National Police (PNP)-Gumaca and Special Action Force (SAF)-Gumaca pointed guns, threatened and detained Bayan Muna-Southern Tagalog coordinator Emmanuel Numeron and volunteers in a checkpoint in Barangay Panikihan, Gumaca, Quezon yesterday, March 4. The delegation was in the province to investigate the condition of farmers affected by El Niño. […]

Mga boluntir ng Bayan Muna na papuntang Quezon, hinaras at ibinimbin ng 85th IB
March 05, 2024

Tinutukan ng baril, tinakot at ibinimbin ng 20 pwersa ng 85th IB, Philippine National Police (PNP)-Gumaca at Special Action Force (SAF)-Gumaca ang koordineytor ng Bayan Muna-Southern Tagalog na si Emmanuel Numeron at kasama niyang mga boluntir sa isang tsekpoynt sa Barangay Panikihan, Gumaca, Quezon kahapon, Marso 4. Ang delegasyon ay nasa prubinsya para mag-imbestiga sa […]

Metro Pacific to build expensive energy facility in Iloilo
March 05, 2024

The group of Manuel Pangilinan, one of the Philippines’ biggest bourgeois compradors, clinched the contract for the construction of an expensive energy facility in Iloilo City. The signing between the local government of Iloilo City and Metro Pacific Water (MPW) of the Metro Pacific Water Investments Corp. (MPWIC) for the construction of the latter’s waste-to-energy […]

Mamahaling pasilidad pang-enerhiya, itatayo ng Metro Pacific sa Iloilo
March 05, 2024

Nakuha ng grupo ni Manuel Pangilinan, isa sa pinakamalaking burges kumprador sa Pilipinas, ang kontrata para sa pagtatayo ng isang mamahaling pasilidad pang-enerhiya sa Iloilo City. Ibinalita noong Marso 1 ang pirmahan sa pagitan ng lokal na gubyerno ng Iloilo City at ng Metro Pacific Water (MPW) ng Metro Pacific Water Investments Corp. (MPWIC) para […]

Environmental groups reiterate demand for Philippine Mining Act repeal
March 04, 2024

Katribu, Kalikasan PNE and other democratic groups launched a protest today, March 4, before the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to demand the repeal of the 1995 Philippine Mining Act. In the 29 years of its existence, this law has brought unparalleled damage to the environment and indigenous communities and farmers. According to Katribu, […]

Philippine Mining Act, muling ipinanawagang ibasura
March 04, 2024

Naglunsad ng protesta ang Katribu, Kalikasan PNE at iba pang demokratikong grupo sa harap ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources ngayong araw, Marso 4, para ipanawagan ang pagbabasura sa Philippine Mining Act ng 1995. Sa 29 taong umiral ang batas na ito, naghatid ito ng walang kapantay na pinsala sa kalikasan at mga komunidad […]

Groups denounce Japan for financing LNG, dirty energy in the Philippines
March 04, 2024

Environmental groups denounced Japan for its role in the construction of a terminal or port for liquefied natural gas in Ilijan, Batangas that form part of the Verde Island Passage (VIP). The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) directly funds the terminal built by the Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company (AG&P), through its local subsidiary […]

Pagpondo ng Japan sa LNG at maruming enerhiya sa Pilipinas, binatikos
March 04, 2024

Mariing binatikos ng mga grupong maka-kalikasan ang Japan sa papel nito sa pagtatayo ng terminal o daungan para sa liquified natural gas sa Ilijan, Batangas na saklaw ng Verde Island Passage (VIP). Direktang pinopondohan ng Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) ang terminal (daungan) na itinayo ng Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company (AG&P), sa pamamagitan […]

Delubyo sa mamamayan at kalikasan ang Philippine Mining Act!
March 03, 2024 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Cagayan Valley | NDF-Cagayan | Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid-Cagayan |

Ngayong araw, ika-29 taon na mula nang ipinatupad ang Philippine Mining Act of 1995 o RA 7942. Labag man sa reaksyunaryong konstitusyon 1987 ang 100% dayuhang pagmamay-ari, ito ang naging tiket ng mga dayuhan at lokal na negosyante sa pagmimima upang lubos na sinirain ang kalikasan, dambungin at gahasain ang mga likas na yaman, palayasin […]

Mindoro oil spill impact, remains a year after
March 02, 2024

Fishing communities in Mindoro and Batangas still suffer the effects of the oil spill by a San Miguel Corporation (SMC)-contracted vessel, one year since the disaster last February 28, 2023. In a study released on February 26, the Center for Energy, Ecology and Development (CEED) estimated the damage caused by the oil spill at ₱41.5 […]