The dam projects will flood communities, drive away residents and redirect the river’s water away from farming communities.
‘Heed lessons of old dams’ | Groups oppose China stakes in mega-dam projects
Day: March 14, 2018
8 dead, 2 disappeared on Duterte’s terror list
“The scriptwriters of these lists could care less about whether these persons are already dead or reported missing, so long as they can cover a wide range of activists and rights defenders to implicate.”
‘Duterte wants to be immune,’ groups say of PH withdrawal from Rome Statute
“He wants to be immune and act with impunity both under domestic law and under international law.”
Seeing red
By DEE AYROSO
‘We will not be cowed’ | Human rights defender slams DOJ’s ‘terror list’
“By implication, they are all being branded as ‘terrorists’ and to add my name and those of the NDFP peace negotiation panel and consultants, eight deceased individuals and at least 185 easily replaceable aliases exposes even more the list’s absurdity.” – Elisa Tita Lubi
Four heroic women for Mother Earth
But hope springs eternal. Environmental defenders everywhere are tirelessly working to protect the last frontiers of nature and restore our despoiled environment.
Urban poor women seek support for repair of relocation housing
Gabriela Women’s Party Reps Arlene D. Brosas and Emmi de Jesus recommended measures to secure the shelter and livelihood of around 6,000 poor households in Vitas, Tondo, Manila.