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Duterte orders stop to all mining operations in Tawi-Tawi province

The president has also ordered to step up the rehabilitation of the area “by planting more trees and other efforts of rehabilitation”

Despite criticisms, poor villagers in central Philippines pin hope on mining

Up to 300 villagers were hired as laborers, timekeepers, and kitchen staff, earning a minimum salary of about US$7 per day

In New Year message, Manila bishop calls on faithful to work...

“There cannot be a better future if human rights and human life are not respected and valued” — Bishop Broderick Pabillo

Year in Review: Catholic Church faces up to the challenge of...

LiCAS.news looks into the stories that made an impact on the Catholic Church, especially in Asia, in 2020.

Green activists: Proposed Philippine climate commitment not ambitious, disappointing

The groups said the draft "undermines the 'whole-of-government-and-society' approach that the government has been implementing

Watch: ‘Up Close’ with the Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development

“Up Close with Joe Torres” speaks with Mr Gerry Arances, executive director of the Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development

Green activists list top 15 ‘dirty’ Philippine financial institutions

Among the criteria used in the "scorecard" was “coal exposure,” or the amount of investment that a bank provided to fund coal projects

Catholic priest in Leyte town appeals for stop to black sand...

To drum up the campaign against black sand mining, the priest of McArthur in Leyte led a motorcade around town

Pope commits Vatican to net zero carbon emissions by 2050

The Vatican said the city-state was moving ahead with plans to substitute all its combustion engine cars with electric or hybrid vehicles

The road to extinction

With millions of educated Filipinos migrating and working abroad the future is bleak with social unrest and political turmoil brewing

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