Environmental advocates urge voters to choose bets who act in times of disasters
In the high-stakes elections this May, environmental experts and advocates called on Filipinos to vote for leaders who have say in disaster mitigation and response. Panelists, who are part of the...
View Article#ReliefPH: Help communities affected by Tropical Depression Agaton
MANILA, Philippines – Thousands of residents in Eastern Visayas are in need of help due to the incessant rains caused by Tropical Depression Agaton. Agaton developed into a tropical storm over the...
View ArticleIN PHOTOS: #AgatonPH lashes Leyte, other parts of Visayas
Tropical Depression Agaton (Megi) triggered massive flooding and landslides in Leyte and other parts of Visayas on Monday, April 11. Agaton first made landfall in Calicoan Island in Guiuan, Eastern...
View Article[WATCH] #StoryOfTheNation: Environment, climate change, and the 2022 polls
What issues about the environment and climate change would you want the next leaders to prioritize? To capture the #StoryOfTheNation, Rappler’s civic engagement arm MovePH and its partners asked...
View ArticleGroups call for investigation of Uniteam’s ‘disrespect’ of Ninoy Aquino monument
MANILA, Philippines – The Citizens’ Alliance for Good Governance in Central Luzon, a newly formed alliance, urged the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) to investigate what the...
View Article‘A responsibility to act’: Locals first to help Agaton victims in Leyte
TACLOBAN, Philippines – As soon as Agaton made landfall in Eastern Samar and distress calls started popping up on social media on Sunday, April 10, youth leader El Jan Pongos called up his contacts...
View Article#AtinAngPilipinas Town Hall: Karapatang pantao
MANILA, Philippines – Dumami ang mga kaso ng paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa ilalim ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Libo-libo ang pinatay sa giyera kontra droga, samantalang umigting...
View ArticleOn ground: The other side of Robredo’s campaign
MANILA, Philippines – The faces of presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his running mate Sara Duterte can be seen almost everywhere in Las Pinas, a city located at the southern tip of the...
View ArticleJoin SharePHIL’s ‘Boto Mo, Kinabukasan Natin’ voters’ education series
Bookmark this page for the livestream of the event. MANILA, Philippines – How can we protect the sanctity of the ballot from those who want to undermine it? In the second part of Shareholders’...
View ArticleIN PHOTOS: Protests on Labor Day 2022
Filipino workers and labor groups mounted protests on Labor Day, May 1, to push for labor rights and economic aid, and called for a stop to human rights violations. In Metro Manila, groups led by...
View ArticleVoters in remote Antique village struggle to know national candidates
ANTIQUE, Philippines – Netizens brawl on Twitter and Facebook over rival candidates in the May 2022 national elections but residents of Aningalan, an isolated barangay in San Remigio town, don’t even...
View ArticleAcademic group fighting disinfo joins Rappler’s Lighthouse Communities of Action
MovePH, Rappler’s civic engagement arm, features partners who are part of the Lighthouse platform. As a Lighthouse partner, ABKD Network’s content and calls to action may be accessed by a wider...
View ArticleScout group AMAPS joins Rappler’s Lighthouse Communities of Action
MovePH, Rappler’s civic engagement arm, features partners who are part of the Lighthouse platform. As a Lighthouse partner, AMAPS’ content and calls to action may be accessed by a wider audience who...
View ArticleNegros Occidental environmentalists thumb down proposed natural gas power plant
BACOLOD, Philippines – Environmental activists in Negros Occidental have stepped up their campaign against San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) proposed 300-megawatt (MW) liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
View ArticleRoadblock sparks scuffle between opposing mayoral teams in Iloilo town
ILOILO, Philippines – Mayoral candidate Gerry “Doc V” Villanueva of San Dionisio, Iloilo cried foul after his party found their way barred while cruising down a road linking two villages on Saturday...
View ArticleEnvi coalition’s study names Robredo, Pangilinan, Bello as greenest bets
MANILA, Philippines – Among the presidential bets, only Vice President Leni Robredo and labor leader Ka Leody de Guzman had green track records. This is according to the findings of Panatang...
View ArticleMovers launch ‘person-to-person’ workshop to help combat disinformation
MANILA, Philippines – How do you talk to your friend if you spot them sharing false information? Do you comment, message privately, or let it be? With the pervasiveness of disinformation on social...
View ArticleBreak the Fake Movement joins Rappler’s Lighthouse Communities of Action
Break the Fake Movement, an independent organization led by young professionals from different sectors, is one of MovePH’s partner organizations joining Lighthouse to fight disinformation. Break the...
View Article[WATCH] ‘Direktor ng kasaysayan’: Directors urge Filipinos to vote wisely
MANILA, Philippines – In a video statement released by the Directors’ Guild of the Philippines Inc. (DGPI), Filipino directors implore voters to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming 2022...
View Article#CourageON coalition marks a year of defending human rights
MANILA, Philippines – There’s more we can do to defend human rights in the Philippines than mere lip service. From staging educational discussions on good governance to voicing out critical issues for...
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