Topic: Environmental Degradation
FAIR TRADE – A TASTE OF JUSTICE
July 2, 2014 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen – I love to go to the villages of the Aeta indigenous people of Zambales where I have worked for the past 45 years. These original Filipino people have survived for millennia on the northern island of the tropical archipelago, as long as 30,000 years, some anthropologists say.
Read More...THE PLANET UNDER ATTACK
February 25, 2014 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen Powerful storms, tidal surges, high winds, toppled trees and electric posts and massive floods over a wide area, natural disasters that are typical of the Philippines. We have endured 25 such storms in the past year more than ever before. Millions of people have lost their houses, lands and crops. Thousands of […]
Read More...THE G8 ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT SAYS COAL PLANTS ARE THE WORST OF ALL
June 7, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen Dublin and Northern Ireland. The shocking revelation that environmental damages caused by economic activities like coal plant electrical generation and mining is costing the global economy as much as US$4.7 trillion a year. The report released last 15 April was commissioned by the Group of Eight economic powers and the United Nation’s Environmental Programme. […]
Read More...THE FISHING WARS
May 15, 2013 ·
BY FR.SHAY CULLEN Last week, a Taiwanese fisherman died when a Philippine Coast Guard patrol boat open-fired after one of the four Taiwanese fishing vessels reportedly tried to ram the coast guard vessel. The incident occurred 43 nautical miles east of Balintang Island, in the West Philippine Sea well inside the 200 mile limit. Recently, […]
Read More...CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTING OUR WAY OF LIFE
January 10, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen Ferocious storms, tornados, incessant rains, floods, bitterly cold winters and drought-ridden summers are the extreme weather conditions that are being experienced all over the world. Climate change is upon us, we can feel it. New York was devastated by hurricane “Sandy”. In Tasmania, Australia, drought and forest fires, the worst in […]
Read More...The Enemy Within
July 27, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Many people were inspired and uplifted to hear the resounding words of President Noynoy Aquino in his State of the Nation Address recently: “nothing is impossible to a united nation.” Millions of people wish it were so. For Filipinos to be united in bonds of fraternity, justice, equality, the rule of law, compassion and modest […]
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