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The Perilous Path From Western Domination to De-Dollarization

Two interesting things happened at the BRICS summit in South Africa in August. Several new members were invited to join BRICS in 2024: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. And, at Brazil’s urging, a commission was established…

CPDCS Statement for the U.N. International Day for the Complete Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

The establishment of the United Nations International Day for the Complete Elimination of Nuclear Weapons reflects humanity’s recognition of the continuing existential threat to human survival and civilization posed by nuclear weapons. As the Hibakusha, Japanese A- and H- Bomb…

Canadian Parliament Applauds Ukrainian Nazi Veteran

A huge scandal was caused in Canada by the tribute paid to a Nazi veteran in Parliament during Zelensky’s visit on September 22. The Simon Wiesenthal Center immediately demanded an official apology. Canada’s Jewish community is already facing a surge…

Blood carbon

“These people have sold our air”. This is the title of the shocking report of the “Blood Carbon” campaign that the international organisation Survival, which fights for the rights of indigenous peoples, has directed to raise awareness of what is…

Hundreds take to the streets in Ghana to protest against worsening economic crisis

Hundreds of people took to the streets in Ghana for three days to protest against the government, as outrage grows over the exorbitant rise in the cost of living and unemployment. Romeo said: “The average Ghanaian cannot afford three decent…

Philippine Ban on Lead Paints Feted in Bonn, Germany

28 September 2023, Quezon City.  The historic ban on lead-containing paints in the Philippines was applauded in two side events held in conjunction with the fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) in Bonn, Germany. Convened in…

Arauco forestry, monoculture tree plantations and the Mbya Guarani People standing up

Report from the indigenous community Puente Quemado 2, which demands the return of territories and the withdrawal of the multinational Arauco. “The monoculture of pine trees is a tragedy and we are going to fight to recover the forest”, says…

A Nazi on the Parliament Hill is an Antidote to Self-Righteousness

The triumphant visit of President Zelenskyy to Ottawa in late September was marred by an episode in the Parliament of Canada. Anthony Rota, the Speaker of the House of Commons, invited Yaroslav Hunka, an elderly Ukrainian from his riding to…

In Recognition of Dr. Margarita Joven Fernandez: A Visionary Educator Who Transformed Baguio Central University

by Genevieve Balance Kupang   Personal conveniences must give way to the Master Plan of Life. -Margarita J. Fernandez, Ed.D.   In the rich tapestry of Philippine education, exceptional names shine as brilliantly as that of Dr. Margarita Joven Fernandez.…

Thousands of the universe’s oldest Milky Way-like galaxies are causing cosmic evolution theories to undergo a rethink.

Observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope have shown that disc galaxies that are less than 6 billion years old are more common than previously thought by researchers based on Hubble data. An international group of astronomers revealed for…

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