Confronting the climate crisis head-on

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 01/02/2020

Wishing our readers and kababayan a peaceful and resilient 2020, amid a vast array of climate and biodiversity challenges confronting us and the rest of humanity. Northern Cebu and other provinces hit by Typhoon Ursula, the 21st…

Protecting human rights amid the climate crisis

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 12/26/2019

Will the Christmas storm Ursula awaken many and join the legions of activists here and abroad to push government and the business sector to do what is right and urgent – by drastically reducing carbon emissions, protect…

Waste-To-Energy is NOT Zero-waste

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 12/19/2019

Local government units (LGUs) in Cebu and in other parts of the country should better think twice in entertaining notions of hosting polluting waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities, without being held accountable. By embarking on WTE as a quick-fix…

Ground-breaking inquiry

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 12/12/2019

She does not mince words when lambasting the doublespeak when it comes to climate change. Sixteen year old climate activist Greta Thunberg, just recently selected Time’s 2019 Person of the Year, chided rich countries, global banks, political…

‘A Private War’

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 12/05/2019

What does one do on a 14-hour flight from Manila to London? Your guess is right: watch a movie or two or three. That is exactly what I did after tossing and turning in the seat and…

Waters – in the wrong places

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 11/21/2019

Were you among the thousands caught by surprise in Tuesday’s thunderous thunderstorm and the deluge of waters that stranded many and created a traffic  congestion nightmare in the cities in Cebu, Mandaue, Talisay?  As reported by CDN…

A climate emergency

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 11/07/2019

Are you among those who instinctly  pray for who ever is in the  ambulance speeding off before your eyes and hope that he or she will survive?  Actually, we are no different from those who are on…

Being mindful of  ‘discards’

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 10/31/2019

Is it possible to surprise ourselves with a plastics-free observance of All Saint’s Day tomorrow and All Soul’s Day (Undas) on Saturday? It is heart-breaking to see cemeteries transformed into a “wasteland.” Still vivid in my mind…

A future in harmony with nature

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 10/24/2019

Congratulations to newly-appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Diosdado Peralta. Not many are aware that Chief Justice Peralta and his predecessor, Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin, were members  of the Supreme Court’s Committee on…

Disasters and resiliency

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 10/17/2019

The magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit Mindanao last night should once more jolt us to the reality that our country is one of the most natural hazard-prone in the world. Our people have stood witnesses to the…

Environmental protection and accountability

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 10/03/2019

October is celebrated as the Local Government Month, with this year marking the 28th anniversary of the signing of RA 7160, the “revolutionary” Local Government Code of 1991. The Code is meant to make real the principle…

‘Fairy tales of eternal economic growth’

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 09/26/2019

One of the most compelling speeches of all time, was that made by Greta Thunberg, the 16 year old activist from Sweden, on September 23, before world leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York.…

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