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LIVE: Filipino climate champions join Al Gore in '24 Hours of Reality Broadcast'

Dec 05, 2017 - 4:48 PM

The Philippines is featured in the 24 Hours of Reality on December 5 at 2pm, which tackles climate justice with invited global thought leaders including Senator Loren Legarda

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. Former US Vice President and Climate Reality Project chair Al Gore the latest version of his An Inconvenient Truth presentation that sparked a global movement 10 years ago. Gore is in Manila, Philippines to host the Climate Reality Leadership Corps on March 14-16, 2016. Photo by Mark Cristino/EPA

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. Former US Vice President and Climate Reality Project chair Al Gore the latest version of his An Inconvenient Truth presentation that sparked a global movement 10 years ago. Gore is in Manila, Philippines to host the Climate Reality Leadership Corps on March 14-16, 2016. Photo by Mark Cristino/EPA

ASEAN region to lose 70-90% of habitats by 2100 – report

Aug 02, 2017 - 9:50 PM

The ASEAN Center for Biodiversity releases the second edition of the ASEAN Biodiversity Outlook as it opens its new headquarters in UP Los Baños

NDRRMC to ask P78-B more from Congress for recovery efforts

Mar 14, 2017 - 5:21 PM

According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council only about P5 8 billion is left of the NDRRMC fund which is not enough to fund recovery needs

Duterte signs Paris climate deal

Mar 01, 2017 - 8:19 AM

UPDATED The Office of the President submits the signed Instrument of Accession to the Senate for concurrence on Wednesday March 1

TALKING CLIMATE CHANGE. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over the Climate Change Commission Board Meeting on January 31, 2017. File photo by Rolando Mailo/Presidential Photo

PH, other vulnerable countries to pursue 1.5-degree climate goal

Aug 17, 2016 - 1:55 PM

For countries like the Philippines the difference of a 0 5 degree warming can mean life or death

PH leads the way in global fight vs climate change

Mar 14, 2016 - 12:07 AM

Al Gore and The Climate Reality Project host the 31st Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training in Manila on March 14 to 16

PROTECTING MANGROVES. Efforts to protect mangroves like the Siargao Island’s 8,620 hectares of mangrove forests significantly reduce greenhouse gases. Photo by SIKAT

Bicam OKs P3-T budget for 2016

Dec 09, 2015 - 4:15 PM

Congress leaders expect President Benigno Aquino III to sign the proposed 2016 budget before Christmas

BIGGEST BUDGET. The proposed 3-Trillion national budget for 2016 is the largest budget proposal submitted to Congress.

Comelec eyes 'multimedia' presidential debates

Sep 10, 2015 - 2:10 PM

The Comelec plans to stage one presidential debate in Luzon one in the Visayas and one in Mindanao as a senator pushes for a livestreamed event

Land of 200 tongues: Gov't maps Philippine languages

Oct 01, 2014 - 2:41 PM

The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino s linguistic atlas – ready by 2015 – will show where languages are are spoken by whom and what their variants are and their connection to other languages

LINGUISTIC ATLAS. KWF Commissioner Purificacion Delima shares updates on the KWF's Linguistic Atlas project last Tuesday, September 30. Michael Bueza/Rappler

Bicameral committee to meet on human trafficking bill

Nov 11, 2012 - 2:42 PM

Legislators want to reconcile 2 versions of the new bill against human trafficking after recent complaints by the UN and fraud charges filed agains the Visayan Forum

TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE IN PH. Children are silhouetted in front of posters displayed during a prayer for Justice and Protection against Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People in Quezon City suburban Manila on December 12, 2010, as part of the annual observance of International Day against Human Trafficking in 2010. AFP PHOTO/JAY DIRECTO