LRC Statement: Earth Day 2018
On the occasion of Earth Day on April 22, which likewise coincides with the 38th anniversary of the killing of Kalinga leader Macliing Dulag, the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center , the local chapter of Friends of the Earth International, calls on the Duterte government to reject, instead of reviving environmentally destructive projects of the Marcos dictatorship. Duterte recently secured a P3.135B loan from China to finance the Chico River Pump Irrigation Project,