Nuclear Radiation: There is No Safe Dose
Statement of Dr. Romeo Quijano, president of Pesticide Action Network Philippines and one of the country's leading toxicologists, on nuclear radiation.
Statement of Dr. Romeo Quijano, president of Pesticide Action Network Philippines and one of the country's leading toxicologists, on nuclear radiation.
Government officials and the mainstream media repeatedly claim that there is no possibility that the nuclear radiation from Japan will reach the Philippines and that the radiation leak is minimal and pose no significant health risks. This is gross misrepresentation of facts.
The heavy damage to life and property caused by the twin disasters that hit Japan yesterday, March 11, 2011, was more than unimaginable. Migrante-Japan joins the people of Japan and the rest of the world in praying for the victims and their loved ones so they may find a way to cope with this monstrous wrath of nature.
Mining liberalization under the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 and the Mining Revitalization Program plainly promotes and implements destructive irresponsible mining.
PinoyMedia Center, publisher of the progressive newsmagazine Pinoy Weekly, pays the highest tribute to Alexander Martin Remollino who devoted most of his life in the grassroots-based, non-profit media, steadfast in his principles and excellent in his craft.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines joins the family, friends, colleagues and the media industry in mourning the passing of Alexander Martin Remollino.
The International Federation of Journalists Asia Pacific Office would like to express our deepest sympathy for the unfortunate passing of Alexander Martin Remollino.
Anim na buwan na ngayong Agosto 2010 mula nang ilegal arestuhin at ipiit ng ating dakilang mga manggagawang pangkalusugan mula sa Camp Capinpin na ngayo’y nasa Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig. Mahigpit nilang nilalabanan ang pagkainip sa kanilang kalagayan sa pamamagitan ng iba’t ibang aktibidad at pagtanggap ng mga dalaw araw-araw, maliban tuwing Lunes.
We welcome the statements of President Benigno Aquino III that there will be “no reconciliation without justice” and that “to forget the wrongs of the past would mean repeating them”. Aquino’s order to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to “begin the process of providing true and complete justice for all” should serve as the principle for prosecuting former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her cabal of corrupt and abusive officials.
The first five hours of country’s first automated national elections have been characterized by delayed voting, slow and poorly organized voting system, and widespread PCOS machine malfunction. There were also sporadic reports of cases of poll-related violence in several areas.