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Talented Young Photographer from Sorsogon City secures Honorable Mention in Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk 2023

Sorsogon City, Philippines–Renowned photographer, award-winning author, and CEO of KelbyOne, Scott Kelby, has officially announced the winners and honorable mentions from this year’s highly anticipated Worldwide Photo Walk. Among the celebrated talents is Nash Jamrec Dioquino, a young and gifted…

Uniting Forces: From Warheads to Windmills – Bridging the Gap in Environmental Activism

Astonishingly, many environmental activists today are unfamiliar with the intricacies of nuclear weapons. Historically, the primary focus of the green movement has centered on combating issues like oil, plastic, and gas, while advocating for the widespread adoption of renewable energy…

For hotel workers in Los Angeles, the road to an employment contract is long and tortuous

Leticia Ortega de Ceballos lives 170 kilometres away from downtown Los Angeles (henceforth, LA). She told “Counter Punch” that she sleeps in her car so she can work two cleaning jobs: one at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, the other at…

Close the Foreign Bases in Djibouti

Djibouti is a small East African country with an area of 23,200 square km or a little bit smaller than Haiti, Rwanda, or North Macedonia, or a little bit larger than Belize, El Salvador, Israel, or Slovenia. Within this space,…

Israel-Jordan Relations In The Wake Of The Gaza War

Under Prime Minister Netanyahu’s leadership, Israel-Jordan relations have hit a new low.  Sadly, after 30 years of peace, there is deep sullenness and disappointment between the two countries. The aspiration for strategic partnership has fallen short, except for security collaboration.…

Russia: Supreme Court Bans “LGBT Movement” as “Extremist”

Russian LGBT Community in Dire Need of International Support Russia’s Supreme Court ruled today that the “international LGBT movement” is an “extremist organization,” jeopardizing all forms of LGBT rights activism in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. In a…

Think #MeToo didn’t make a real difference? Think again

It takes effort to track the impacts of mass mobilizations like #MeToo, Occupy or Black Lives Matter, but understanding social change is impossible without such work. By Mark Engler and Paul Engler What difference did #MeToo actually make? In 2017 and 2018,…

Baguio City, Philippines Ramps Up Advocacy for Safe E-Waste Management

30 November 2023, Quezon City.  The Baguio City Government is dead serious in promoting the safe management of electronic waste, or e-waste, to prevent toxic pollution and to protect the health of citizens and the ecosystems. At a lively forum…

Why Poland, is the key to understand the mindset of the Jews and Israel

I went to Auschwitz, the Pain-land. A testimony against antisemitism When I was in London to study political science, I wanted to leave and go to Bristol, because I had found out at that time, that the university there, had…

Groups Call on the U.S. Sign the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

At a vigil on Thursday, November 30, outside the U.S. Mission to the U.N., the Atlantic Life Community, Nukewatch, NYC War Resisters League, and others will call on the U.S. to be the first nuclear armed state to respond to…

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