Autor: pacifista

In December, U.S. President Donald Trump was awarded FIFA’s newly created “FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World” by FIFA President Gianni Infantino. The decision immediately sparked disbelief and criticism worldwide, raising a fundamental question: what does FIFA mean by peace? If football is truly meant to unite the world, then this prize—and the process that produced it—must be seriously…

by Reynald Bolinget, Jennifer  T. Longchasen, and Genevieve B. Kupang On November 15, 2025, the Baguio Central University (BCU) Graduate School exemplified the profound synergy between academic scholarship and environmental stewardship. Educators from the Master of Arts in Elementary Education (MAEE) program spearheaded a community extension initiative at the Quezon Hill Eco Park in Middle…

Quezon City, Philippines – The Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project (HCWM Project) concluded a three-day national workshop today, stepping up efforts for toxics-free, zero-waste hospitals. Held from January 13–15, 2026, the workshop brought together over 100 participants, including representatives from partner hospitals, national and local government agencies, and civil society organizations. Launched in…

In the volatile landscape of contemporary geopolitics, few arenas are as charged as Iran, a nation caught in the grip of severe internal unrest and external provocation. Waves of protest, driven by profound discontent with political oppression and economic despair, ripple through Iranian society, revealing a brittle regime struggling to maintain its authority. Into this…

14 January 2026, Quezon City.  Plastic fiesta banderitas pose a dual threat:  the massive quantity used for a non-essential purpose and their inherent toxicity. The environmental watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition made this observation after finding colorful plastics used in the banderitas for the popular feast of the Santo Niño with cadmium, a cancer-causing substance classified by…

by GM Forhadul Mojumdar (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh is grappling with the heavy burden of unemployment. The educated youth of the country are failing to find work after completing their studies. Today, educated unemployment has become one of the most complex socio-economic crises in Bangladesh. Notably, the rate of unemployment among educated women is higher than…

Building more facilities there to complement Pituffik Space Base would further the US’ “Golden Dome” missile defense plans for obtaining a strategic edge over Russia while extracting more critical minerals from there would reduce dependence on vulnerable Chinese supply chains. Trump recently reaffirmed his intent to annex Greenland on the pretext that this would supposedly…

A delegation of the Humanist Movement of Kenya has conveyed deep sympathy and solidarity to the Venezuelan Embassy in Nairobi regarding the tragic events in Venezuela on 3 February 2026, condemning the attack and expressing condolences to the families of the victims. The Humanists’ message underscored the intrinsic value of human life and rejected all…

I am told that if I don’t like what “my government” is doing, I should write “my representative.” So I dropped Senator Adam Schiff a note about the US war on Venezuela. By Roger D. Harris The senator’s reply, with my translations of his Washington-speak (in italics) provided in brackets, is as follows: “I have…

An open wound in Chile’s –de facto– fragile democracy The recent acquittal of former Carabineros officer Claudio Crespo, responsible for the shot that left Gustavo Gatica blind on November 8, 2019 during the social uprising, is not an isolated event. Santiago’s Fourth Oral Criminal Court retroactively applied Law 21.560 —known as the Naín-Retamal Law— acknowledging…