Press Releases

As the country prepares for the resumption of school on July 29, environmental NGO BAN Toxics joined today’s Brigada Eskwela kickoff activity at Payatas B Elementary School (PBES) in Quezon City to promote toxic-free and waste-free schools. Carrying broomsticks, mops,…

The Korean American Peace Fund, an organization under the NAKASEC umbrella that shares office space with MinKwon New Jersey, has purchased billboard ads in New York City’s famed Times Square. The ads run from Monday, July 22, 2024, through Sunday,…

Ahead of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA), BAN Toxics is urging the government to address the emerging issue of harmful chemicals in plastics promptly. The toxic watchdog highlights the heightened risk of exposure, particularly…

The tenth edition of the International Symposium of the World Centre for Humanist Studies will be held from 8 to 11 May 2025 under the title “UTOPIAS ON THE MOVE – Pathways to the Universal Human Nation”. The aim of…

World BEYOND War has announced four recipients of 2024 War Abolisher Awards. They are: Combatants for Peace, No to War – No to NATO, Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union, Susan Crane. The awardees are honored for their body of work…

Today is the last concluding day of the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. This week the High Commissioner reported on the situation in Ukraine and WRI together with Connection delivered an oral statement in the…

The political information from all latitudes that the mass media bring us these days generates emotional contradictions, the truth is that we do not know whether to cry or laugh, because of the monstrous and ridiculous contents that are integrated…

This morning, Tal Mitnick (18), the first enlistment refuser since the beginning of the war in Gaza, was exempted from military service. Beginning in December 2023, Mitnick was imprisoned for a total of 185 days in 6 consecutive sentences and…

In the face of the growing wave of violence that the Costa Rican population is suffering in its various manifestations, the Board of Directors of the CPPCR, taking into account the concern of a significant number of its members, and…

6 July 2024, Quezon City.  On the eve of the 7.7 online shopping sales, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition alerted consumers against the purchase and use of unregistered insecticide sprays, which may contain hazardous ingredients that can endanger public…