Aspiring to ‘mining country’ status will throw RP into deeper poverty – Kalikasan

An environmentalist group today chided Philippine Environment Secretary Lito Atienza for celebrating the continuing flow of foreign mining projects into the country during the Asia Mining Congress in Singapore last week, warning that most developing countries which have pursued the path of mining liberalization have only ended up with higher poverty rates and devastated ecologies.

Obsession over fiscal balance behind gov’t proposal to increase NFA prices – Ibon

The government’s obsession with balancing the budget to satisfy its creditors is behind the proposal to increase National Food Authority (NFA) rice prices, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation.

DA- Region 12 official accused in journalist’s murder survives another grenade attack

By Malu Cadelina  Manar
KIDAPAWAN CITY (April 10/Thursday) – A ranking official of the agriculture department in central Mindanao who was among those accused in the killing of a journalist in Sultan Kudarat has survived another grenade attack on Tuesday.
Osmeña Montaner, finance director of DA-12, said the Tuesday incident was the third attempt on his life [...]

IBON slams proposal to cut rice tariff

Importation not a solution but the reason behind worsening rice crisis
The bid to lower rice tariffs to bring in more importation is a problemati c p roposal since the country’s growing dependence on rice imports is precisely the reason behind the worsening rice crisis.
In reaction to the proposal made at the government’s Food Summit to [...]

Lifting rice import quota won’t bring down rice prices – Ibon

‘Why make the culprit the solution?’ think-tank asks gov’t
Malacañang’s decision to lift rice import quota will not bring down rice prices but will only hugely benefit rice traders and give them further control over prices and the distribution of rice, said independent think-tank IBON Foundation.

KALIKASAN-PNE expresses opposition on the construction of two high rise condominiums in Subic forest

The Arroyo government seems to be an eternal legacy of tendering benevolence over foreign companies and multinational corporations, hoping to attract more foreign investment but at the expense of jeopardizing its people and the environment. This inclination is nothing new to environmental advocates who strongly express dismay and opposition to another environmental crime committed under [...]