“We condemn the International Solid Waste Integrated Management Services Inc. (International SWIMS) and the Rizal Provincial Government headed by Gov. Casimiro Ynares III for dumping toxic leachate to Montalban River. This practice not only pollutes the river, but also endangers the health and welfare of people including the residents of Metro Manila,” said Clemente Bautista [...]

“ANZ is lying through their teeth by saying they have no involvement in the OceanGold Didipio Gold-Copper mining project. The bank is listed as one of the top shareholders in the latest OceanaGold Corporation annual report,” said Clemente Bautista, national coordinator of militant environmental group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE).
Kalikasan PNE was among [...]

PALAWAN, Philippines — Northern Palawan farmers whose only source of income was slash-and-burn agriculture that nets them 10 cavans of rice for each hectare annually now have a new livelihood, thanks to a non-government organization (NGO) led by a UP Los Banos graduate who never thought he would stay for keeps in the country’s last [...]

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — A mayor of a mining-affected community and environmental groups today charged DENR Secretary Lito Atienza as favoring mining firms over local government units, after the latter issued a statement calling the provincial order by Nueva Vizcaya Governor Luisa Cuaresma to stop the mining operations of Oceana Gold “illegal”.
“Is DENR Sec. Lito Atienza [...]

Pagbilao, Quezon, 24 May 2008–Greenpeace activists aboard Rainbow
Warrior, anchored alongside Pagbilao coal plant, painted the words ‘Quit
Coal’ on the hull of a 223 meter vessel ‘Sam John Spirit’ standing by to
unload yet another shipment of thousands of tons of coal at Pagbilao
power plant in the Philippines. The Rainbow Warrior is in the
Philippines on its [...]

The AIM Policy Center and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation would like to invite you to a lecture/ dialogue on
Climate Change and Conflict: Peace-building and Development Strategies
The impact of climate change will make the poorest communities across the world poorer…
The consequences of climate change will fuel violent conflict, which itself hinders the ability
of governments and local [...]

A Palawan-based journalist was threatened with death on 3 April 2008 after he wrote that a mining company was blocking plans to declare a forest in Brooke’s Point, Palawan as a protected area. Palawan is an island southwest of Manila.
Redempto Anda, a Philippine Daily Inquirer correspondent and an editor for the local newspaper Palawan Star, [...]

The peak of Mount Pulag. (Photo from www.peakware.com)

BY ACE ALEGRE | Bulatlat

Mount Pulag is the second highest peak in the Philippines. It is home to 528 species of plants, and 33 species of animals including the endangered Philippine deer, giant bushy-tailed cloud rat and the long-aired fruit bat. It is revered as a mecca of nature lovers and mountain hikers. But now it is being ravaged.