“Climate change driven by fossil fuel emissions further stresses marine ecosystems, from ocean acidification to warming seas, intensifying storms, and accelerating coastal erosion,” EII-P said.
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“When public discourse attributes to the Pope a position he has never taken, or when statistics are cited without clear basis, the conversation is no longer about genuine disagreement—it risks becoming a misunderstanding that deepens division rather than promotes peace,” Cardinal Ambo David said.
Kontra Daya stressed that enforcing the prohibition on contractor contributions is essential to prevent “pay-to-play” arrangements in government and to protect the integrity of elections and public procurement.
“[B]y the time he (Co) is brought back and tells all, the one year bar will have expired and it will be time for another impeachment of Marcos,” ACT Rep. Antonio Tinio said, hinting of possible initiation of another removal proceeding against the president.
“The United States remained the top source of cash remittances to the Philippines in January and February 2026 – accounting for 40 per cent of the total – followed by Singapore and Saudi Arabia,” the BSP said. Japan (5.3%), the United Kingdom (4.7%), the United Arab Emirates (4.2%), Canada (3.1%), Taiwan (3%), Qatar (2.9%), and Hong Kong (2.7%) are countries where significant remittances came from.
“Each year, we honor outstanding champions of social justice who stand up to oppression, even at great personal risk, in the nonviolent pursuit of human rights,” the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center said.
Weather experts warn of massive agricultural damage through severe water shortages and high temperatures due to a “Super El Niño” feared to affect the Philippines and neighboring countries in the west Pacific within the year.
“We are not concerned with academic records or law school transcripts. What we—and the Filipino people—demand are clear answers on how P612.5 million in confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education were used, accounted for, and whether these served legitimate public purposes,” Makabayan said.
Activist group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemned Marcos’ refusal, saying the president is only focused on “band-aid, piece-meal measures” that are “grossly inadequate given the magnitude of the crisis.” “We must continue to hold the Marcos Jr. regime to account for its extremely slow and insufficient response 45 days into the crisis,” the group said.
