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#ManyWaystoZeroWaste movement
We know we can’t eliminate plastics overnight. But everyone can do something about it today.We want to create conversations that will encourage the public to share #ManyWaysToZeroWaste ideas, and set...
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Beyond the classroom: Advocates discuss how to make PH education more accessible
MANILA, Philippines – Hoping to figure out how to make education more accessible, at least 27 participants shared their ideas about potential learning opportunities for marginalized sectors during...
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[OPINION] Building social capital with the Bangsamoro is a must
Over a year after the signing of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, more questions than answers have been raised on the status of its implementation. Amid growing doubts regarding the capacity of the Moro...
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[OPINION] It’s time to talk about the moral injury being done to our...
There is another dimension to our healthcare crisis we’re barely talking about. It begins with healthcare professionals lost in a broken system: physicians, nurses, midwives – overworked, underpaid,...
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[OPINION] We need to tackle the pregnancy crisis
The numbers are appalling. 538 babies are born to Filipino teens each day.2,000 10- to 14-year-olds got pregnant in 2017. 30% of Filipino teens had sex in 2017, 10% higher than in 2016. There's been a...
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[OPINION] Ushering in a new urban future centered on people and the planet
More than 70 mayors and a thousand representatives from the world’s most influential cities convened in Copenhagen in Denmark last month for the seventh C40 World Mayors Summit to define the “the...
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[OPINION] If Duterte thinks 62 arrests can stop us, then he's wrong
Last October 31, Bacolod police used a search warrant from Quezon City to raid offices of Bayan Muna, Gabriela, Kilusang Mayo Uno, and the National Federation of Sugar Workers. At the same time, police...
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Equipping San Isidro farmers through agro-enterprise
This is a feature from the Peace and Equity Foundation.DAVAO DEL NORTE, Philippines – Seated beneath a tall coconut tree and away from the scorching heat of the sun, Narciso Lara chopped coconut husks...
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LIST: 2019 Yolanda commemoration activities
MANILA, Philippines – As the commemoration of the 6th anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) draws closer, various groups and organizations will be staging activities throughout November.Yolanda...
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MovePH brings #MoveBacolod to University of St La Salle
MANILA, Philippines – Do you want to know how to use social media for social good?MovePH, the civic engagement arm of Rappler, will be heading to the University of St La Salle (USLS) to promote the...
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[OPINION] Super Typhoon Yolanda is a man-made disaster
Every November 8, we commemorate the devastation wrought by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded.Six years have passed since Yolanda made landfall in...
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[OPINION] Outgrowing Yolanda
The bitter taste of pressed coffee lingers as I empty my cup. Its warmth stirs up nostalgia as I stand behind the ledge, gazing into the horizon. Beneath the rubble covered in offshoots were lives...
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OCD commemorates Yolanda with disaster risk reduction conference in Samar
MANILA, Philippines – Taking the lessons taught by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) 6 years since its onslaught, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) conducted a disaster risk reduction conference at...
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[OPINION] Was the outrage (not anger) over 'Elcano and Magellan' unjustified?...
This is in response to Jorge Mojarro's article, "The anger toward the 'Elcano and Magellan' film is unjustified."Mojarro's three points in the article are accurate, and they are actually the correct...
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PH government, private sector launch joint campaign against online child...
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The Philippine government joined forces with an Australian government-led consortium of child rights advocates to form SaferKidsPH, a 6-year awareness campaign on the...
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IN PHOTOS: The 4th nationwide earthquake drill of 2019
MANILA, Philippines – Putting the community's preparedness for disasters to a test, the Department of National Defense (DND) – Office of Civil Defense (OCD) kicked off the 4th National Simultaneous...
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#HandsOffKule: UP student groups hit attempted ‘surveillance’ of Philippine...
MANILA, Philippines– Student groups from University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman slammed attacks of intimidation against the Philippine Collegian, the official student publication of UP Diliman,...
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MovePH goes to U.P. Tacloban for Social Good in the Digital Age forum
MANILA, Philippines – How can Filipinos use social media for social good? What can be done to prevent the spread of disinformation online? These are some of the questions that the “Social Good in the...
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[OPINION] The irony of National Students' Day
Rodrigo Duterte’s regime doesn't escape irony. In August, in the second week of the Senate’s witch-hunt into the alleged communist recruitment in universities, Malacañang released a freshly-signed copy...
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#FightFor58: Activities commemorating 10th anniversary of Ampatuan Massacre
MANILA, Philippines – Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Ampatuan Massacre on November 23, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) along with its allies will be holding...
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