In the fight for climate justice, communities come first
"Climate justice has long ceased to be just about environmental protection." The last time Nuclear and Coal-Free Bataan Movement mounted a very public resistance against...
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Fighting for a people’s COVID-19 vaccine
"The best vaccine is the one that is immediately available to you." Last Sunday, I got my first dose of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine...
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Celebrating 2019’s climate justice wins
As the climate negotiations in Madrid stall this week with vague decisions on important points such as loss and damage and market mechanisms under the...
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The Magic Lives On: Malasimbo Music and Arts Festival 2017
Text and photos by Beatrice Tulagan for Manila Standard For many, the journey starts like this: braving Friday rush hour to catch a bus headed...
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Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez on Thursday said Speaker Martin Romualdez would support a Senate move to amend the Constitution through...
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber has allowed victims of the Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs to comment...
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Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. has submitted a "wish list" to Speaker Martin Romualdez which, if granted, would allow...
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Human rights abuses of state and paramilitary forces and police impunity continue to hound the Philippines, the US State Department...
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"Still strong and kicking!" This was how a niece of former First Lady Imelda Marcos doused rumors that the 93-year-old...
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