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Greta Thunberg calls 2020 'year of action' against climate change

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 14 04:51 AM

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg urged young people in Italy on Friday to seize the next decade to fight climate change. Read more »

Trump says Greta Thunberg should 'chill,' go to movies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 09:48 PM

Thunberg has become known for her fiery speeches to world leaders and was on Wednesday in Madrid, where she accused rich countries of "misleading" people into thinking they are taking meaningful action against climate change. Read more »

Gov’t employees among rising number of environment defenders killed this year, group says

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 09:43 PM

A total of 46 individuals were killed this year because of environment-related issues, according to Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment’s (Kalikasan PNE) year-end report on the situation of Filipino environmental defenders.  Read more »

Greta Thunberg sails into Lisbon en route to COP25

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 05:14 AM

Swedish teenage eco-warrior Greta Thunberg has become the face of young people's demands for climate action. Read more »

CA rejects father's plea for release of activist arrested without warrant

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 09:56 AM

MANILA – The Court of Appeals has junked the plea of a father for the release of his student-activist daughter who was arrested without a warrant last September. Read more »

Greta Thunberg sails to Europe, sets course for UN climate summit

Bastien Inzaurralde, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 06:37 AM

HAMPTON, United States—Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg departed the United States on Wednesday, hitching a ride to Europe aboard a catamaran to attend a UN climate summit in Madrid. Read more »

Protest vs arrests of activists in Bacolod

Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 10:36 PM

Members of the BPO Industry Employees Network (BIEN) protest the arrest of unionists and activists in Bacolod on October 31 during a rally at the Boy Scout Circle in Quezon City on Saturday. The group condemned the arrest of Mary Anne Krueger, organizer of BIEN in Bacolod, and the raid at the Gabriela office where Krueger and her family lives. Read more »

Climate activist Greta Thunberg declines environmental award

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 30 06:52 AM

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday refused to accept an environmental award, saying the climate movement needed people in power to start to "listen" to "science" and not awards. Read more »

Carlos Celdran tapat sa adbokasiya hanggang sa huling sandali

Rose Eclarinal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 08:17 PM

Hanggang sa huling sandali ng kaniyang buhay, nasa isip ni Carlos Celdran ang kaniyang mga adbokasiya.    Read more »

'A great loss for Manila': Mayor Isko mourns Carlos Celdran’s death

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 09 03:40 PM

MANILA - Mayor Isko Moreno on Wednesday mourned the death of performance artist Carlos Celdran, saying the cultural activist was a “great loss” to the capital. Read more »

Filipino cultural activist Carlos Celdran dies at 46

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 10:47 PM

Prominent Filipino cultural activist and artist Carlos Celdran has passed away. Read more »

Nobel buzz for Greta and literature duo

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 03 03:44 PM

Experts are cautious, but bookies are tipping teenage climate campaigner Greta Thunberg for the Nobel Peace Prize next week, while two literature laureates will be crowned after last year's award was postponed over a sex harassment scandal. Read more »

Putin: I don't share excitement about Greta Thunberg's UN speech

Vladimir Soldatkin and Dmitry Zhdannikov, Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 12:59 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday took aim at teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, telling an energy forum he did not share the excitement about her United Nations speech last month. Read more »

'Powerful' Greta shames leaders: Cullis-Suzuki, child voice of 1992 Earth Summit

Gaël Branchereau, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 12:50 PM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, 12-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki urged the world to save the planet. Now, the Canadian is a fervent supporter of Greta Thunberg, a "powerful" force who's holding world leaders to account. Read more »

Palace hits Global Witness as source of lies after report on land activist murders

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 12:50 PM

Malacañang blasted Wednesday international rights watchdog Global Witness as a source of lies after the group published a report on the sharp increase of murders of environmental activists and land defenders in the Philippines under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

What Lean Alejandro can teach us about being a man

Jam Pascual
Posted at Sep 22 02:17 PM

In memory of Lean Alejandro's 32nd death anniversary, a young man reflects on the life of the charismatic revolutionary, his sense of adventure, and what he taught us about being our best possible selves — whether in days of freedom or days of disquiet. Read more »

Alleged 'missing' activist accuses parents of detaining her twice

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 08:10 AM

MANILA – The alleged “missing” activist who has been the subject of a Senate investigation and a slew of criminal raps before the Department of Justice has turned the tables on her parents, accusing them of detaining her twice. Read more »

San Francisco politician urges more protection for activist Brandon Lee

Rommel Conclara, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 05:26 PM

San Francisco supervisor Matt Haney went to the Philippines last month where he visited human rights activist Brandon Lee, a native of the California city.   Read more »

Colmenares says DOJ summons on leftist personalities over 'missing activist' harassment

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 03:19 PM

The Philippine justice department summons former Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares and members of other leftist groups over an allegedly missing activist. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police filed a complaint against the respondents accusing them of human trafficking, kidnapping, child abuse and other charges. Colmenares denies those claims, even calling these a form of harassment. Read more »

Climate activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for NYC

Alice Ritchie, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 15 12:10 AM

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg set sail for New York on Wednesday, heading for a UN summit on a zero-emissions yacht skippered by a member of Monaco's ruling family. Read more »