How do you say goodbye when the story lives on?
This month, we look back and celebrate the Wakas At Simula era. The chapter that brought us here, the moments that shaped our journey, and the stories that continue to unfold. Join us as #TheStoryContinues.
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LOOK | Isang 1st year college student ang nag-file ng Ethics complaint laban kay Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano at mga miyembro ng Majority Bloc. Dahil daw ito sa hindi nila pagdalo sa mga sesyon.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ORDER FILED BY STUDENTS, ADVOCATES VS SAN MIGUEL CORP.
Students and environmental advocates attended a hearing before the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 41 on Monday regarding their petition for a temporary environmental protection order against San Miguel Corp. (SMC) over the massive tree cutting along Quirino Avenue in Manila.
“We are prompted to file this action in representation of the youth and those yet unborn because we also want to send a message to these corporations that are actively destroying our environment,” petitioner Joaquin Bautista said.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said there are 523 trees subject to tree-cutting and another 94 trees for earth-balling, totaling 617 trees affected to yield construction for the Southern Access Link Expressway (SALEX).
Bautista said the citizen action suit aims to pursue ecological justice and accountability, stressing that SMC should rehabilitate the trees cut in Manila.
The irreparable damage from this ecological violence will be inherited by succeeding generations, sustainability and environment student Elisha Zantua said.
“It can cause catastrophic effects such as eliminating the structure of preventing soil erosion, lessening the capabilities to absorb the floodwater, and affecting the air quality around the space,” she said.
“What we really need right now is more green spaces. We shouldn’t just prioritize urban development over what the people actually need,” Zantua added.
University student and petitioner Paul Benedict Callorina lamented how decades-old trees, which have stood long before he was born, were brazenly cut for an expressway project.
“Our policies and laws should be pro-people and pro-nature,” Callorina said.
The DENR said last week that SMC has voluntarily suspended further tree-cutting activities along Quirino Avenue following the public outrage. | @andronquillo
The world can be so heavy, but the arc of kittens going from rejecting a dog to completely claiming him as their pillow heals something deep in my soul
happy 3 years to BLUE LIGHT!!!! 🥳
thank you for sharing with us this "silly, edgy" song that you poured so much of yourself into
and to all the quills who created for him, and keep creating in his memory
thank you, for being the sky that smiled at him
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