Tag: Environment
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


















