Students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) marked their last day of classes by commemorating Earth Day with a tree planting activity on Sunday with members of the Luntiang Pilipinas Party-list. Founded by Senator Loren Legarda in 1998, the “green” movement has already planted 2 million trees in 33 provinces, 28 cities, and […]
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Party-list Rep. Salvador Belaro (1-Ang Edukasyon) called on passers of the University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) to serve all Filipinos, especially the poor and the marginalized, while studying and after their graduation. “Keep your astute senses fixed on the plight of the poor, the marginalized, the working middle class, and the entrepreneurs […]
Senate President Tito Sotto III has thrown his support behind the campaign of a group that seeks to be the first green party in the House of Representatives. Luntiang Pilipinas Party-list first nominee Michael Ubac on Thursday confirmed that Sotto, Chairperson of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), had endorsed his group, a movement founded by […]
With the kick-off of the campaign period for national candidates and party-list Luntiang Pilipinas Party-list (Luntian) first nominee Michael Ubac on Tuesday said it is time to elect a green party to Congress to champion the cause of the environment and prevent environmental disasters that necessitated the cleanup and rehabilitation of Boracay Island and Manila […]
With plastic ocean pollution threatening the food security of the country, the health of seaside communities, and endangered marine life, a party list group hoping to be the first green party in Congress has called for the passage of a comprehensive single-use plastic law that will phase out the use of single-use plastic in the […]
Aksyon Demokratiko (Aksyon)––the party founded by the late Senator Raul Roco––on Monday endorsed Luntiang Pilipinas (Luntian), a green party vying for a seat in the House of Representatives under the party list system in the coming May midterm polls. At the ceremonial mass oath-taking of Aksyon’s candidates and new members held at the Club Filipino […]
The House Committee on Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples chaired by Rep. Nancy A. Catamco (2nd District, North Cotabato) has approved the creation of a technical working group (TWG) that will finalize the bills seeking to protect and promote the rights of indegenous peoples (IPs) affected by mining operations in ancestral domains. The […]