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Philippines: International Youth Day 2025 celebrates youth driving environmental action

The immortalised words of Philippine national hero Dr. Jose Rizal, “kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan,” rang true on Monday, August 11, as around 200...

Philippines: Banned mercury-laden skin whitening creams still sold in Pasay City

Toxics Watchdog, BAN Toxics, has issued a public health warning over the continued sale of banned skin-lightening products (SLPs) containing toxic mercury in beauty...

Philippines selected to host Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage

The Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage selected the Philippines as its host country at the Board’s second meeting in Songdo,...

Major spill imminent as Philippine oil tanker sinks near Manila

Amid heavy rains brought by Bagyong Carina (Typhoon Gaemi), MT Terra Nova, a Philippine-flagged tanker, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, capsized and sank in...

Group lauds Philippines for third-year implementation of mercury convention

“After three years since the Philippines ratified the Minamata Convention on Mercury, we have seen the development and issuance of several policies to regulate...

Almost 100,000 affected by oil spill in Philippines, as tanker leaks

Philippine provincial governor said on Monday, March 13, 2023, that the oil spill from a motor tanker that sank a few weeks ago has...

Philippines: Group promotes ‘zero waste’ to reduce pollution

Environmental watchdog group, BAN Toxics, along with other environmental protection advocates, has called on the nation to promote “zero waste” as a principle and...

Philippine group finds excessive lead levels in 37 imported spray paints

Paint products in aerosol cans containing high levels of lead are still offered for sale by offline and online retailers despite the ban on...

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VCDF, SEEPCO launch free eye care programme in Delta’s Ndokwa East LGA

Many Nigerians continue to suffer from avoidable vision problems, with cataracts and other eye conditions being major causes of...
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ICARRD+20: Group urges banks to finance agroecology, equitable food systems

As governments, social movements, and multilateral institutions gather in Cartagena for ICARRD+20 to advance agrarian reform and rural development,...

NAPTIP, UK unite to amplify voices of trafficking survivors

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in partnership with the British High Commission Abuja,...

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VCDF, SEEPCO launch free eye care programme in Delta’s Ndokwa East LGA

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ICARRD+20: Group urges banks to finance agroecology, equitable food systems

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