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Group Demands Better Enforcement of the 11-year old Toy and Game Safety Labeling Act 1 September 2024, Quezon City.  Eleven years since it was enacted on September 3, 2013, and five years after its implementing rules and regulations (IRR) were…

Please tell Americans, that Iranians are kind and hospitable. Come and visit us.  You are most welcome here.”  This was a common refrain encountered in a recent trip to Iran. At present the US military has mobilized a strike group…

Pressenza’s partner Bar Crawl Radio will be covering the conference. Over the years the Kateri Peace Conference in Fonda, NY has worked to confront the waste and destruction of militarism and war, the suffering and injustice wrought by systemic racism;…

Speaking from Tonga on Tuesday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres issued a “global SOS,” urging governments to increase climate action to “Save Our Seas.” By: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Guterres called for international leaders to slash global greenhouse gas emissions, rapidly phase…

“September Days of Solidarity with Palestine,” will see members of Veterans For Peace from California to New Hampshire conduct protests and educational events in 25 cities September 1-7. Activities will vary from hanging banners over expressways to conducting nonviolent actions…

Quezon City, Philippines – Rights of Nature (RoN) PH and Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) are thrilled to announce the successful completion of the “Kalikasan, Karapatan, Komix” Online Drawing Competition, which aimed to raise awareness on environmental issues through the creative…

The International Day Against Nuclear Tests, celebrated annually on August 29th, is a date that has important symbolic weight in the fight for world peace and the preservation of humanity. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009, the…

by Geri Matthew “Choi” Carretero  Calbayog City, Samar, Philippines — The Subnational Close-Out event for the Sexual Health and Empowerment (SHE) project was successfully held on August 27, 2024, at the Ciriaco Hotel in Calbayog City, Samar, marking the culmination…

French President Emmanuel Macron is refusing to name a new prime minister and government led by the progressive New Popular Front coalition, launching a fresh round of talks while France remains at a political impasse. The New Popular Front coalition,…

On August 22, the Court of Appeal in Paris once again declared inadmissible the desperate appeal for justice by Tran To Nga, a Franco-Vietnamese activist and journalist, against the fourteen companies responsible for the production of the defoliant “Agent Orange” . This poison was…