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'Defend Philippine waters'

Basilio Sepe, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 06:26 PM

Members of various activist groups hold a picket in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to protest the presence of a foreign dredging vessel in the waters off Lobo town in Batangas, on Friday.  Read more »

The Marcopper disaster: A tragedy that continues in people’s veins

Nikko Dizon, VERA Files
Posted at Apr 04 09:59 PM

Adults and children in Mogpog, Boac, and Sta. Cruz towns of Marinduque, still live with the effects of the disaster that happened 23 years ago. Read more »

The Marcopper mine spill and the unending wait for justice

Nikko Dizon, VERA Files
Posted at Apr 02 11:13 PM

BOAC, Marinduque—The people of this island province have endured the brunt of the worst mining disaster in the country, but the bigger heartbreak in their two-decade-long quest for justice might just be the wait for redress that is not sure to come.    Read more »

Epekto ng Marcopper mining tragedy ramdam pa rin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 09:55 PM

Ramdam pa rin ng mga residente ng Marinduque ang epekto ng Marcopping mining tragedy na 23 taon nang nakalipas. Read more »

23 years after, mine tailings still a threat to Marinduque, says official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 22 05:44 PM

Many residents of Marinduque province still live in fear, almost 23 years after the area was hit by one of the largest mining disasters in the country. Read more »

One more time, with big data: Measles vaccine doesn’t cause autism

Jan Hoffman, The New York Times
Posted at Mar 06 11:55 AM

The new research confirms what has long been widely accepted in the scientific community, and it echoes findings of a 2002 study by members of the same team of scientists about the vaccine, known as MMR because it protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Read more »

Lumad mula Mindanao, nagkilos-protesta kontra pagmimina

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 01:14 AM

Sumugod sa gusali ng DENR ang mga katutubong Lumad mula sa Mindanao para tutulan ang batas na nagpapahintulot na magmina sa kanilang komunidad. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 4, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 10:39 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Environmentalists push closure of mines

Jhun Dantes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 08:35 PM

Members of environmentalist group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE), together with Mindanao Indigenous federation KALUMARAN and other Mindanao-based people’s organizations, hold a protest in front of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) office in Quezon City on Monday. Read more »

'Malabo?' Senate bets propose 'mining with conscience'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 09:37 PM

During the second run of "Harapan 2019: The ABS-CBN Senatorial Town Hall Debate" on Sunday, a Zambales farmer confronted 8 senatorial candidates and asked them if a nationwide mining ban should be imposed. Read more »

Benguet forest fire

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 21 06:20 PM

Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection attempt to stop a forest fire that reignited in an 8-hectare forested area in Barangay Ampucao, Itogon, Benguet on Thursday. Four forest rangers and a farmer were killed during the fire that was put out early Thursday morning. Read more »

Brazil mine disaster

Adriano Machado, Reuters
Posted at Jan 29 04:06 PM

At least 60 people were killed with more than 300 still missing in one of Brzil's worst environmental disasters. Read more »

7 patay sa pagguho ng lupa sa Mt. Manhupaw sa Agusan Del Norte

Richmond Hinayon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 03:29 PM

Naglakad ng pitong oras para makarating sa Sitio Kasagayan para humingi ng tulong ang isa sa mga nakaligtas.  Read more »