“With government pronouncements that the influx of 100 new projects would generate P21 billion ($433 million) worth of revenue, it is estimated that this will cost around P210 billion ($4.3 billion) worth of minerals that will be shipped offshore instead of circulated in the domestic economy.”
By JANUARY A. TURLA Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — Members of Youth for Change Movement (YCM) joined the rest of the world and took part in celebrating the 43rd Earth Day at People’s Park, April 22. The theme for this year’s Earth Day is “The Face of Climate Change.” Lester Edpis, also of YCM, said…
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Wearing butterfly wings, children joined the call to save Mother Earth in an activity organized by the National Council of Churches of the Philippines (NCCP), April 24 at the Quezon City Memorial Circle. Rommel Linatoc of the NCCP and Norma Dollaga of Kasimbayan acted in a story titled…
Environmental groups have reason to celebrate Earth day as the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday issued the Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases, the rules and regulation which will govern the procedure in legal actions involving enforcement or violations of environmental and related laws. “We commend the SC for issuing an ‘environment-friendly’ Rules of Procedure.…
As the world commemorates Earth Day, environmental advocates and militant organizations linked arms and blamed the Arroyo government, for its aggressive promotion of mining in the country, and imperialism, for plundering the country’s natural resources in the name of profit, for the alarming rate of environmental destruction. BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12,…
BY HANNAH FAITH DORMIDO Bulatlat April 22, 2008 – 1:37 p.m. “As long as the Arroyo administration remains in power, we expect a bleak future for the people and the environment,” Kalikasan-People’s Network for the Enviroment, said in a statement. Three hundred environmental advocates and members of multi-sectoral organizations, headed by Kalikasan- PNE, staged a…