Tag: Palawan

Ortega was an environmentalist and one of the broadcast journalists in Palawan who reported on the misuse of the Malampaya fund

Palawan is also home to different indigenous groups, each with its own rich culture and tradition.

From approximately 82,000 Catholics in 1959, Palawan now has a population of approximately one million Catholics

The writ of kalikasan is a legal remedy designed for the protection of one’s constitutional right to a healthy environment

Reyes and his brother Mario, who was also implicated in Ortega's murder, went missing in 2012 after an arrest warrant was issued against them

They called on authorities to make efforts to protect the country’s “last ecological frontier” from further environmental destruction

The bishops’ appeal was contained in a joint pastoral statement released following the arrest of anti-mining protesters in Brooke’s Point

The residents were protesting the demolition of makeshift structures used by the people as a barricade

The residents said they have no recourse but to organize protests because the mining firm continues to operate

Bishop Socrates Mesiona of Puerto Princesa said the Bible is translated into a local language to be understood better by the people