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Amid increasing energy prices, Filipinos are turning to solar – but upfront costs mean it remains out of reach for those who most need savings
“We don’t want this lunatic to come to our country. He is a mass murderer who has initiated wars around the world, led by and benefiting the US."
Farmers and fisherfolk play a vital role in sustaining the nation's food security and economy, yet they are the ones who struggle the most to survive.
They turned our ancestor's burial sites into dumping grounds.
Women often bear much of this burden, even as they take an active role in resisting the forces that threaten their homes and livelihoods.
At the barricade, she has found her place by turning its often-invisible work of care into a collective act of resistance.
For Gilda Salazar Laag, if it were not for the mangroves, more would have been dead from Yolanda.
Amid the warming climate and the looming impacts of large-scale extractive mining projects, women like Peralez, Millomeda, and Decena, from fishing, farming, and religious backgrounds across Mati City have come together to protect one of the most ecologically critical areas in their town.
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“It spits in the face of the victims of human rights violations whose lives were robbed while the Marcoses lived an extravagant lifestyle."
For Gilda Salazar Laag, if it were not for the mangroves, more would have been dead from Yolanda.
Amid the warming climate and the looming impacts of large-scale extractive mining projects, women like Peralez, Millomeda, and Decena, from fishing, farming, and religious backgrounds across Mati City have come together to protect one of the most ecologically critical areas in their town.
The Lumad community used to occupy more than a hectare only of the 2,000 hectares of Sëzukadang. However, they were able to reclaim a total of seven hectares now through reforestation.
Consumers expect their items to arrive in a snap. But this is not simply because of technology – but because of the women workers’ labor inside those massive warehouses.
"We hope there will be no more mining projects and that these mining companies will leave, because I know that mining is not the only way a community can achieve progress."
"Marcos is at the top, and those at the lower levels cannot be the only ones held accountable."
From the island and mountains of Rizal to the watershed of Samar Island, wind energy projects are being built on the forests that protect communities from floods and landslides.
“As researchers and members of alternative media groups, we do not confine ourselves to social media, secondhand, thirdhand information. We do not confine ourselves to desks."
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Balikan natin kung bakit tinawag na ‘perfect failure’ ang pag-atake ng United States sa Bay of Pigs sa Cuba.
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