#philippines

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

Caecent No-ot Magsumbol - The Freeman
February 6, 2023 | 12:00am

CEBU, #Philippines — A seemingly fit 31-year-old policeman who joined the Cebu leg of 21-kilometer 7-Eleven 2023 Marathon was unable to make it to the finish line after he died due to an “acute decompensated heart failure” while on the race.

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“Per the ambulance crew, upon arrival, the patient was seen lying on the road having agonal breathing. CPR was immediately done on site and an estimated five shocks were given from AED all throughout transport to Cebu City Medical Center,” said Garganera from the initial report he received.
https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman.

faab64@diasp.org

Super typhoon with wind speed of up to 240km/h is hitting Manila!

It seems like the extreme weather phenomenon have moved from the US to Asia. This is the second super typhoon hitting the region in less than a month and this is going to devastate Philippines and it's capital Manila.

It is truly sickening to read the comments of some trolls who make fun of this and joke about Climate Change being a hoax because it didn't hit US this season.

#Typhoon #Philippines #Manila #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #TomorrowIsTooLate
#Environment #Asia
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFRsNuR4/

ramil_rodaje@diasp.org

https://vimeo.com/708871732

delikado

DELIKADO

Defending paradise has never been so dangerous

#Palawan appears to be an idyllic tropical island. Its powder-white beaches and lush forests have made it one of Asia’s hottest new tourist destinations. But for a tiny network of environmental crusaders and vigilantes trying to protect its spectacular natural resources, it is more akin to a battlefield.

DELIKADO follows Bobby, Tata and Nieves, three magnetic leaders of this network, as they risk their lives in David versus Goliath-style struggles trying to stop politicians and businessmen from destroying the Philippines’ “last ecological frontier”.

It is a timely film emblematic of the struggles globally for land defenders as they are being killed in record numbers trying to save natural resources from being plundered by corporations and governments. As the world faces its sixth-mass extinction and the climate emergency worsens,

It is also a unique expose of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs’ in the Philippines, which has claimed thousands of lives and the International Criminal Court of Justice has said may amount to a crime against humanity. DELIKADO shows the drug war is used as a tool for politicians to control the levers of economic and political power.

DELIKADO offers a story of courage and resilience to inspire others into action.

The battles being led by Bobby, Tata and Nieves in DELIKADO are the same as those being fought by local communities in #Brazil, #Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of #Congo and elsewhere around the world where #corporations and #governments are seeking to plunder increasingly valuable natural resources.

They are being killed for trying to stop #mining, #agribusiness and #logging. Many of the deaths occur in remote villages or rainforests. The victims are often from indigenous communities and the killers are rarely caught. The powerful masterminds behind the murders virtually never. All these factors are in play in Palawan.

The film has a special relevance and urgency in highlighting the perilous fate of Palawan, the most biodiverse part of the Philippines and home to two UNESCO World Heritage-listed natural wonders.

Palawan, due to its remoteness, had long avoided the corrupt development seen around the rest of the Philippines over recent decades as the country’s population has boomed. Palawan’s rainforests are among the biggest, oldest and most diverse in Asia. They are home to thousands of animal and plant species.

But few people know it is on the path to environmental destruction. Politicians and businessmen are destroying Palawan at an unprecedented rate to extract its forests, minerals and fish. #Urbanisation and #tourism are other pressures leading to the depletion of Palawan’s natural resources.

Once the last of Palawan’s majestic #Apitong, #Kamagong, #Ipil and other endangered trees are cut down, these species will be forever lost. With the demise of these #forests will come the loss of Palawan’s incredibly diverse range of endemic animal species. Some of the world’s largest butterflies - bigger than an outspread human hand - can only be found in Palawan’s rainforests. They are also home to seven-foot monitor lizards, turquoise and violet-winged peacocks, giant grey bear cats, bulging-eyed geckos as long as an adult’s arm, flying squirrels and dirt-brown “horned” frogs.

Centuries-old #traditions and #customs for the tribal people still living in the forests will also disappear if the forests are destroyed. Other communities living in towns and villages outside of the forests will face floods and droughts when the forests are gone.

#Delikado #DelikadoFilm #documentary #film #nature #environment #activism #advocacy #Indigenous #Peoples #land-defenders #natural-resources #conservation #protection #preservation #Philippines #KarlMalakunas #ThoughtfulRobot #NarraviFilms #docu-films

madlemagicien@diaspora-fr.org

🇵🇭 📸 Une chauve-souris de la taille d'un enfant humain de 6 ans a été photographiée aux #Philippines.

Elle a une envergure d'environ 1 mètre 50cm et heureusement elle vit d'un régime de fruits.

Pour l'instant...🤔

jcsesecuneta@diasp.org

When Filipinos use "PHT" (not in the law) or "PhST" (secondary option) instead of the primary recommendation of the law "PST". LOLs

This is why the government must consult people who have real world knowledge and experience.

"PST", "Pacific Standard Time"? =))

#Philippines

entreleslignesentrelesmots@diaspora-fr.org

Solidarité suite à l’arrestation de Walden Bello

Walden Bello, auteur de renommée mondiale, militant pour la justice économique, ancien professeur de l’Université des Philippines et ancien membre de la Chambre des représentants des Philippines pour le parti Akbayan (Parti d’action des citoyens), a été arrêté à Quezon City le lundi 8 août pour « diffamation cybernétique ». Ces accusations ont été déposées par un ancien collaborateur de la vice-présidente sortante Sara Duterte. La diffamation est un délit pénal aux Philippines, et non un délit civil, et le délit de cyberdiffamation, récemment introduit, est passible d’une peine pouvant aller jusqu’à huit ans de prison.

https://entreleslignesentrelesmots.wordpress.com/2022/08/11/solidarite-suite-a-larrestation-de-walden-bello/

#international #philippines

jcsesecuneta@diasp.org

"what makes them disabled is not because of impairments but rather the restricted social organization of this society and the system that imposes on the disabled community"

"In my perception, however, banning alcoholic beverages for PWDs is also ableist in nature, for the proposal seeks to infantilize PWDs despite that not all of them are necessarily incapable of making decisions. Furthermore, it degrades the sense of responsibility, justice, and accountability that all of us, whether disabled or nondisabled persons, should learn upon. Lastly, it merely symbolizes that the PWDs should be limited to charity and social welfare services despite that as persons, they still have the dignity to decide for themselves."

https://opinion.inquirer.net/155474/banning-alcoholic-beverages-for-pwds-is-ableist

#Autism #AutismSpectrum #Austistic #Autistics #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyAutistics #PWD #Philippines

opensciencedaily@diasp.org

Philippines May Restart Bataan Nuclear Plant Project


The winner of the Philippines’ presidential election earlier this month has made another move in support of reviving nuclear power in that country, holding talks with South Korea about enlisting help to restart a nuclear power plant project that was abandoned nearly 40 years ago.
https://www.powermag.com/philippines-may-restart-bataan-nuclear-plant-project/
#nuclear, #philippines, #korea, #president, #international, #news, #russia, #ferdinand, #south


adolar@pod.dapor.net

Elections in the Philippines

This is not just important for the Philippines or surrounding countries. Duterte was big at killing his own people, but very small when confronting the PRC. In 2016 for example the arbitration court in The Hague declared that the PRC had illegally forced the Philippines away from Scarborough Shoal and declared it to belong to the Philippines. Duterte just said it was useless to claim the islands.

Now it gets worse, with the Marcos son running for president. And in the video you can see again how important education is, because several of today's children think that martial law was good for the Philippines. "Bongbong" will very likely be like his parents, should he be elected: interested in personal wealth only, but not the least bit in the country or area, which would allow the PRC to further extend their control.

In case you haven't noticed: The PRC is working on building a buffer zone around their "motherland". They probably feel protected in the north and northwest, so now they deal with south and southeast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtdVglihDok
#Philippines