Nov 5, 2024 · Quezon City – About 250 people including indigenous peoples (IPs), urban poor organizations, student and youth associations, workers, parish and church members, non-government organizations, fisherfolk, affected residents of Rizal and Quezon areas, and other organized sectors based in Metro Manila gathered for a National Sectoral Consultation against the Kaliwa Dam project on November 4 at ...

Dec 22, 2024 · After decades of hiatus, Bangladesh and Pakistan have made a major step toward a new era of regional cooperation in South Asia, riddled with suspicion,

Dec 7, 2024 · Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov took part in an interview with Tucker Carlson, an American independent journalist, a few days ago. Lavrov explained that in March 2022, Moscow and Kyiv held a series of talks in Istanbul, Turkey, to find common ground to end the conflict in Ukraine. During the interview, Lavrov revisits Russia’s intervention in Ukraine in ...

From November 22nd to 25th, Montreal will host a gathering of hundreds of legislators from NATO member states for its 70th Annual Parliamentary Assembly. In order to ensure that the inevitable NATO calls for more military spending, increasing animosity towards China and Iran, and escalation of the war in Ukraine are countered by individuals and organizations that advocate for peace, the Canada ...

Oct 26, 2024 · Fires Threaten the Lush Benguet Mountains. The iconic Benguet pine forests are at increasing risk as fires ignite and spread rapidly, fueled by highly combustible pine needles. The rugged mountain terrain complicates forest fire protection efforts, underscoring the urgent need for effective fire management strategies in the Cordilleras.

Dec 28, 2024 · IGUALADA: An “igualada”, a derogatory term (based on class, race, and gender) used to designate someone who acts as if they deserve rights and privileges that supposedly don’t correspond to them. Pressenza presents an interview with Juan Mejía Botero, director of the film Igualada, which portrays Francia Márquez’s trajectory of the struggle for the environment and the territory. The ...

Dec 17, 2024 · China, Pakistan, and the US could take advantage of this to expand their military influence in Bangladesh at the expense of India’s legitimate national security interests. Lost amidst the news of Syria’s epic collapse was the Arakan Army’s (AA) capture of the Myanmarese-Bangladeshi border last week, which is the first full frontier to fall to …

Oct 12, 2024 · Bangladesh is a country of multi-ethnic culture where people belonging to different religious, racial, cultural, and lingual identities live together harmoniously. Religious harmony has existed in Bengali culture for thousands of years. In Muslim-majority Bangladesh, the Hindus continue to remain the second-largest religion, constituting around 10 percent of the population. Buddhists and ...

Dec 8, 2024 · Post-Assad Syria is on the brink of all-out collapse that could turn it into the world’s largest hotbed of terrorism if this process isn’t soon averted.

5 days ago · The New York Times, the so-called US “newspaper of record,” carried an opinion piece by one of its columnists promoting “military intervention” to promote “democracy” by overturning the democratically elected government of Venezuela. By Francisco Dominguez and Roger D. Harris The central ...