Youth leaders from Palaw’an, Batak, and Tagbanua indigenous peoples held the first Kageg’baan baw Kadanuman (KBK) on Oct 25-28, 2025, a youth camp equipping them to assert their rights over ancestral lands and resources in Palawan. The province is under siege from large-scale metallic mining projects, including nickel, for the production of renewable energy technologies. The three-day event also commemorated the 38th anniversary of the passing of the Indigenous Peoples' Right

As the recent damages of consecutive typhoons Tino and Uwan revealed the deadly consequences of anomalous flood control and other environmentally critical projects, policy and advocacy group Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC) led today the filing of a Petition for Certiorari and Mandamus at the Supreme Court (SC) to challenge the current barriers to freedom of information (FOI) in environmental matters of public concern.   “The prevailing restrictions of the DENR

Community leaders, lawmakers, local chief executives, and support groups gather for the First National Congress on Transition Minerals organized by LRC. Several lawmakers and local chief executives called for a strategic plan for managing the country’s 'transition minerals’, which have risen in demand as the world transitions to clean energy. The Philippines has significant deposits of nickel, cobalt, manganese, copper and silver, metals and minerals used in the production of

(Manila, September 22, 2025) Citing the urgent need for transparency on projects that affect communities and the environment, legal,...

Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. President  Republic of the Philippines  Raphael P.M. Lotilla Secretary Department of Environment and Natural...

(Manila) As world leaders gather in the UN General Assembly in New York to drive urgent climate action for renewable energy, a...

(Koronadal City, South Cotabato) – After 11 months since it received the case, the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Koronadal finally...

The passage of the fiscal regime bill is one of many signals from the Marcos Jr administration for opening up the Philippines to more...

Indigenous peoples rights advocates convened in the State of Indigenous Peoples Address 2025 (SIPA 2025) national gathering strongly...

The legal battle over the renewal of Australian-Canadian mining firm OceanaGold’s Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) for...