🌳 This was one of more than 200 trees cut along Quirino Avenue for the Southern Access Link Expressway (SALEX) project - about 80 years old!
Took this photo from a post by the @CEC_Phils documenting today's faith-based environmental protest and the "Way of the Cross" procession for the trees.
Standing beside one of the massive stumps, it is estimated that this tree may have been around 80 years old based on its visible growth rings. That means this tree likely began growing in the 1940s or 1950s—long before many of us were born.
An 80-year-old tree is not simply "replaceable." It stored carbon, cooled our communities, sheltered wildlife, and stood witness to generations of Filipinos.
Every old tree felled is a reminder that development must not come at the expense of our remaining natural heritage.
🌱 A tree that took eight decades to grow can be cut down in minutes, but it cannot be replaced within our lifetime.
We join the call to protect the remaining trees and to pursue development that respects people, biodiversity, and future generations.
#NoToTreeCutting #NoToSALEX #DefendTheEnvironment #SaveOurTrees #ClimateJustice #Biodiversity #ProtectOurForests #CareForCreation 🌳💚
Anong pinagsasasabi niyo na "American culture" daw?
Ano ba 'yung primetime show for almost 7 YEARS na puro barilan, karahasan, at patayan? Tapos binalik ulit' yung ganun na palabas in 2023, which lasted for 3.5 YEARS.
A DECADE OF VIOLENCE NORMALIZED ON NATIONAL TELEVISON!!!!!!
"video games caused the school shooting" if we're going by that stupid logic we should ban all gun related movies and series like majority of the Filipino action movies and Probinsyano
Filipinos might have volatile tempers, but mass shootings just don't happen in the Philippines.
That’s why it’s so chilling that our first one happened today, carried out by two minors aged just 14 and 15.
It really makes you stop and think.
Has the internet brought a toxic global trend to our shores, or is something deeper breaking down in our own backyard?
This is how you protest. Not with cutest signs, not with cringey chants. Not with stupid hats. You roll up your sleeves and fuck some shit up.
I never thought in 2026, that i’d be rooting for Albania and Iran. But here we are.
I hate how as a society we’ve told ourselves that punishing violent kids requires violence.
Literally an issue of gun access and online literacy but ofcourse the voice of dumbasses like Robin Padilla prevails.
Unfortunately, treating it simply as a mental health issue will not fix the problem. It is also a miseducation and maleducation of the Filipino youth issue. It is also an issue of the pervasive culture of violence and impunity. Part of it is the growing far-right extremism.
now combine that w the fact that american soldiers will displace and kill filipino farmers only to retire in the philippines with a poor 18 year old girl they plucked out of a poverty stricken farm
A lending app is running billboards targeting people who can't afford their commute home.
This is disgusting and incredibly exploitative.
Every day we see new lows for the PH. 🇵🇭💔