Mainstreaming disaster preparedness

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 01/16/2020

The year 2019 ended with many Cebuanos and fellow Filipinos reeling from the impacts of Typhoon Ursula, the 20th typhoon to enter the country. 2020 has just started. Yet, we are reminded abruptly and should be painfully…

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…

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…

Sheer madness

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 10/10/2019

In this era of extreme weather aberration, when heat wave, drought, wildfire, typhoon and storm surges are becoming frequent and intense, our trees, the principal source of humans and non-human’s  water, fresh air to breathe, and absorber…

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.…

Frolic in the floods

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 09/05/2019

My sister shared video clips of young and adults alike frolicking in flooded areas in Cebu City last Sunday, the 1st day of September. There was fun in the air. No one seemed concerned about drowning, contracting…

Towards a food-secure nation

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/29/2019

I have a friend working in a coastal community whose heart bleeds every time he sees the dire poverty of the residents. They are so poor they would not know where the next food will be coming…

A tribute to a fierce defender of Mother Earth

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/22/2019

We were stunned by a sad news last Monday. Former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, the fierce eco-warrior who has the purest of love for Mother Nature and compassion for the most vulnerable of our people, passed on.…

A change of guard in the Agriculture Department

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/15/2019

It is not everyday that one, not in the public sector,  witnesses the changing of guards in one of the most important cabinet portfolio – the Department of Agriculture.  This columnist is honored to be invited during…

Saving the Philippine Sea

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/01/2019

The Filipino ocean has been described as an epicenter of marine biodiversity, with the richest concentration of marine life on the entire planet. However, it is beset with human-made pressures such as overfishing and destruction of marine…

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