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Marcial R. Batiancila Calderon Dolphin Slaughter ! TAKE ACTION !

Please take ACTION to save the DOLPHINS! Every year, in Denmark, as a right of passage into manhood, men go out and torture and kill these Calderon Dolphins... This isn't a right of passage. This is a horrible act that needs to be stopped. We need to put a stop to this, and we need help to stop it. Killing animals is not a right of passage, so let's put in an… Continue

Added by Marcial R. Batiancila on December 7, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Virgili Gomonit Nery Jr.,MD Harassment

November 29, 2009 AN OPEN LETTER TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This is the story behind the radio commentary made a week ago about my resignation from the Butuan Medical Center (BMC) as a part time consultant in General Surgery upon the order of Mrs. Daisy Plaza. BMC has 2 doctors left assigned in the Surgical Department since the resignation of Dr. Pete Canete and Dr. JoeaArt de Jesus. Because of this obvious deficiency in the surgical services, Dr. Joyce Hidalgo, the Medical Director , was… Continue

Added by Virgili Gomonit Nery Jr.,MD on November 29, 2009 at 3:12pm — No Comments

Marcial R. Batiancila Librarians Congress on Environmental Sustainability

Manila, Philippines. 24 November 2009 -- This year's Librarians National Congress is focused on "The Promotion of Environmental Sustainability through Libraries and Information Centers". The Congress seeks to form public awareness on the importance of environmental sustainability and to make Philippine libraries, Filipino librarians and in
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Added by Marcial R. Batiancila on November 25, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

gloria ramos Over 100 icebergs drifting to N.Zealand: official. Will this awaken the sleeping giants called humans?

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Added by gloria ramos on November 24, 2009 at 12:35pm — No Comments

Marcial R. Batiancila Sangtuwaryo: A Fisherfolks’ Tale - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

Sangtuwaryo: A fisherfolks’ tale - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos An interesting documentary film about island life, an 80 minute film that will move the viewers to tears, bursts of laughter, and deep silences with the story of a poor family’s struggle with dynamite fishing in an islet village of Cebu, specifically Bantayan Island...
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Added by Marcial R. Batiancila on November 11, 2009 at 6:04am — No Comments

Marcial R. Batiancila My 350 Experience

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Added by Marcial R. Batiancila on October 24, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Ted Aldwin E. Ong A period of consequences

Ted Aldwin Ong Friday, October 9, 2009 http://www3.sunstar.com.ph/iloilo/ong-period-consequences TWO years ago, my aunt Virginia who resides in Illinois sent me a copy of the book ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. Authored by Al Gore and printed in 2006, the book chronicles the former US vice-president’s assessment of the global environment in light of the global warming phenomenon. Also a subject of Al Gore’s widely circulated documentary-lecture on the climate and environment, the An Inconvenient Tru… Continue

Added by Ted Aldwin E. Ong on October 9, 2009 at 8:37pm — 1 Comment

Ted Aldwin E. Ong The re-privatization of water

The re-privatization of water By Ted Aldwin E. Ong http://www.sunstar.com.ph/iloilo/ong-re-privatization-water EXPRESSING concern on the dwindling supply of water and the deteriorating water services by the Metro Iloilo Water District, Iloilo City’s chief executive Jerry Treñas suggested it would be best to turn over the operations of the water utility to a private entity. According to Treñas, the privatization of the water utility has been on top of his agenda. Through privatization,… Continue

Added by Ted Aldwin E. Ong on October 9, 2009 at 3:57pm — No Comments

Antonio A. Oposa, Jr. International Legal Strategies for Defending the Environment-Malone, et al.

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Added by Antonio A. Oposa, Jr. on September 24, 2009 at 10:20am — No Comments

Virgili Gomonit Nery Jr.,MD Rally, Prayer Gathering

I joined the caravan and multiple rallies in front of the Prov Capitol, City Hall, NCIP, DENR and winding up attending the hearing of the Taguibo Watershed at Branch 4 of the Hall of Justice last week. As of Sept 4 multi-sectoral team visit to the illegal mining, illegal logging and illegal road rehabilitation sites inside the watershed ( forest reserve ) areas, pictures and videos showed the severity of the damage done to that forest reserve already. Millennium trees were down, the road which u… Continue

Added by Virgili Gomonit Nery Jr.,MD on September 23, 2009 at 1:36pm — No Comments

Roslyn Arayata Mining fuels Climate Disaster

Press Release September 16,2009 MINING, CLIMATE CHANGE SPELL DISASTER, WARN GREEN GROUPS MANILA, Philippines – Today, Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), a national coalition of more than eighty (80) organizations composed of mining-affected communities and civil society organizations, demonstrated its opposition to the on-going international confab on mining organized by the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) and the Department of Natural Resources’ (DENR) being held at the Sofitel Phili… Continue

Added by Roslyn Arayata on September 23, 2009 at 12:32pm — No Comments

hector teodosio Carles, Iloilo village fishermen moved to tears after seing Sangtuwaryo

I, Atty. Hector Teodosio of the Global Legal Action on Climate Change , carrying a laptop computer, LCD projector, a portable wide screen, and the DVD copy of Sangtwaryo, went to various island barranggays of Carles , Iloilo and showed to the respective residents the movie Sangtwaryo.. Various residents mostly fishermen were moved to tears. I took photos of the viewers as they were watching the movie. The residents are from Brgys. Tinigban ( Calagnaan , Carles ), Gabi, and Asluman ( Gigante. ).… Continue

Added by hector teodosio on September 20, 2009 at 9:22pm — No Comments

hector teodosio Carles, Iloilo village fishermen moved to tears after seing Sangtuwaryo

I, Atty. Hector Teodosio of the Global Legal Action on Climate Change , carrying a laptop computer, LCD projector, a portable wide screen, and the DVD copy of Sangtwaryo, went to various island barranggays of Carles , Iloilo and showed to the respective residents the movie Sangtwaryo.. Various residents mostly fishermen were moved to tears. I took photos of the viewers as they were watching the movie. The residents are from Brgys. Tinigban ( Calagnaan , Carles ), Gabi, and Asluman ( Gigante. ).… Continue

Added by hector teodosio on September 20, 2009 at 9:14pm — No Comments

Lito Vasquez Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra's letter to ADB re Kepco SPC coal power plant in Cebu

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Added by Lito Vasquez on September 16, 2009 at 11:48am — 1 Comment

Ceasar Morandarte Ramon Magsaysay Response Speech of Atty. Oposa Jr.

Once upon a time, there was a group of islands so rich and so beautiful it was called Perla del Mar de Oriente (Pearl of the Orient Sea). Its people had ready smiles, generous spirits, happy hearts, and a healthy respect for the Earth. They knew that the land, the air, and the waters were the sources of their life. One day, men from foreign lands came with swords and symbols. They taught the happy people that to be happier, they must have more things -- things to be taken from the Earth as quic… Continue

Added by Ceasar Morandarte on September 8, 2009 at 1:55pm — No Comments

Virgili Gomonit Nery Jr.,MD BUGTAW ( Butuan Citizens - United to Guard the Taguibo Watershed ) Update

Since Bugtaw was launched last August 14, 2009, we have gained grounds in achieving our goals of tackling the legal and health issues revolving around the illegal mining, illegal logging and construction/rehabilitation of a road inside the Taguibo Watershed which contaminated our only source of potable water in Butuan City, with manganese and copper, the Taguibo Watershed. Because we believe that the fight does not end when everyone is informed of these facts, where people can chose to play blin… Continue

Added by Virgili Gomonit Nery Jr.,MD on September 2, 2009 at 9:53am — No Comments

Francis Ong Fishing ban proposed to make way for Manila Bay cleanup - I guess this is the result of Atty. Oposa's successful Manila Bay law suit

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNews.htm?f=/2009/august/31/news5.isx&d=/2009/august/31 Manila Standard Today by Rey E. Requejo THE government must impose a total fishing ban and introduce fishermen to other sources of income to allow Manila Bay to recover, a study says. The government may consider closing Manila Bay to fishing after 2015 and pursue alternative livelihood programs for affected fishermen and their families, says a report from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Re… Continue

Added by Francis Ong on September 1, 2009 at 4:05am — No Comments

Ted Aldwin E. Ong Iloilo City embarks on 10-year integrated solid waste mgmt plan

Iloilo City embarks on 10-year integrated solid waste mgmt plan BY LYDIA C. PENDON http://thedailyguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14787&Itemid=56 THE city government here has embarked on a 10-year integrated solid waste management plan duly approved by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) with the main purpose of addressing the problem on increasing solid waste volume and meeting the requirements of Republic Act 9003. Th plan is also in… Continue

Added by Ted Aldwin E. Ong on August 31, 2009 at 8:21am — No Comments

Ted Aldwin E. Ong City govt summoned on GLACC charges

City govt summoned on GLACC charges BY LYDIA C. PENDON http://thedailyguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14829&Itemid=2 THE city government here is ready to answer charges in court regarding the solid waste management program case filed by lawyers of the Global Legal Action on Climate Change (GLACC). A court summons was received yesterday by the office of the city mayor requiring for a preliminary hearing of the case filed by the environmental lawyers asking fo… Continue

Added by Ted Aldwin E. Ong on August 31, 2009 at 8:20am — No Comments

Marina Zayco The Philippine Sugar Industry: Gearing Up for Emerging Global Changes

I attended the 56th Philippine Sugar Technologists (PHILSUTECH) Annual National Convention last August 11-14, 2009 at the Waterfront Hotel, Cebu City. The Philippine Sugar Industry is persistently moving ahead, standing tall amidst the emerging global challenges, embarking on advanced technology, equipment and machineries, and continually honing its human resources. Growth is evident as those behind these convention (Sugar Regulatory Administration, Dept of Agriculture, Planters, Sugar centrals… Continue

Added by Marina Zayco on August 29, 2009 at 8:41pm — No Comments

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