By MARYA SALAMAT
Typhoon Pedring began ravaging Luzon on Sept 26, but it was only on Oct 2 that an “emergency” meeting to address this was called by the Aquino government.
Flood victims accuse Aquino govt of sleeping on the job
Category: Environment
Indigenous peoples group slams lifting of moratorium on mining
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – An alliance of indigenous peoples in the Cordillera region said the lifting of the moratorium on the acceptance and grant of new mining applications shows the Aquino administration’s policy on mining. Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) Ramon Paje recently announced the lifting of the moratorium…
Drivers ask gov’t to level its smoke-belching ordinance with Philippine reality
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – The Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide-Metro Baguio chapter (Piston-MB) requests the city council to revise its implementation of clean air ordinance. Piston-MB president Carlito Wayas clarified that they are not against the Clean Air Act or the city’s clean air ordinance. What they…
Groups hold activities vs environmental destruction
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The environment is struggling for survival, and it cannot heal its wounds without our help. This was the message delivered by various environmental activist groups as they held a series of activities to call attention to the worsening destruction of the environment brought about by the irresponsible corporate activities…
Corn blights coffee, forest lands In Kalinga
By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com Tabuk City, Kalinga – Inroads of corn production in Kalinga is threatening not only the famed coffee plantations of the highland province but its forest lands, too. Corn production may have given the Kalinga farmers better income but its effects on the pioneering coffee processing industry here and on forest lands…
Group hits int’l mining conference, demands reforms in mining industry
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“We need a revenue-transparent and domestic-oriented mining production system, and the revenues should be utilized for the development of the communities and social services for the poor.” – Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment
Environmental groups slam Aquino gov’t for dirty technologies policy
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com No way, no to using incinerators to solve Metro Manila’s growing garbage crisis. The Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment is vehemently opposed to the proposal of Metro Manila Development Authority chairman Francis Tolentino and Environment Secretary Ramon Paje to use incinerators to address the worsening garbage collection and…
Groups renew commitment to save Abra River basin
By ALMA SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – “Sana’y hindi maging kuwento na lamang, at kupas-kupas na mga larawan. Ang mamanahin ng susunod na salinlahi. Mundo nila’y ating buuing muli” (I hope the inheritance of the next generations will not only be tales and faded photos. Let us together build a better world for them).…
Relocated urban poor in Montalban fear typhoon Juaning
By bulatlat.com RODRIGUEZ, Rizal–As Tropical storm “Juaning” (international name: Nock-ten) made landfall in Casiguran, Aurora, some 3,000 families in government relocation sites at Kasiglahan Village Phase 1K and at neighboring areas fear for a repeat of the roof-high flood that savaged the Montalban relocation sites in 2009 when Typhoon Ondoy ravaged the country. Montalban relocation…
N. Vizcaya determined vs three mining giants
By MARY LOU MARIGZA Northern Dispatch BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – The people of Nueva Vizcaya, particularly the people of Kasibu and Quezon, are determined to oppose three mining giants exploring for gold and other minerals in their areas. This was the finding of the International Study Tour to Mining Communities of Nueva Vizcaya (ISTNV) last…
Lina Solano, woman leader, defender of mother earth
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Small but feisty, Lina Solano, an Ecuadorian woman spent most of her life defending mother earth and the people affected by the destruction brought about by plunder of Ecuador’s resources. Solano was in Manila early this month for the first general assembly of the International Women’s Alliance…