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Arnold Padilla

@arnoldpadilla

Activist, writer and researcher

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Based on one study, storms, floods, & droughts may cost the PH economy around $124 B from 2022 to 2050. That’s P200+ B per year. The poor are most affected & typically lose 7% of their annual income from a single typhoon or flood event. #ClimateJustice demands a progressive

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Malaysia-based PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) called the pesticide poisoning of 250 high school students in Antique “deeply alarming & unacceptable”. The regional anti-pesticide group demanded accountability from Philippine regulators & the manufacturer of the highly hazardous pesticide.

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Today, Aug 6, is the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Three days later, on Aug 9, 1945, the US also bombed Nagasaki. Up to 210,000 people died - 120,000 immediately when the US dropped the atomic bombs; 90,000 months later due to injuries & radiation

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The Philippines' 10 richest have a combined wealth of $57.85 B. It would take the yearly income of 9.1 M average Filipino families — about 36 million people — to match that. Under such extreme concentration of wealth, economic growth, like the recently reported 5.5% GDP

The Philippines' 10 richest have a combined wealth of $57.85 B. It would take the yearly income of 9.1 M average Filipino families — about 36 million people — to match that. Under such extreme concentration of wealth, economic growth, like the recently reported 5.5% GDP
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From the Lumad communities in Mindanao to the Amazonian peoples in Brazil, indigenous groups face worsening political repression as they assert their right to land and resources against corporate interests often backed by states. Advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) & indigenous

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STATEMENT: It is deeply troubling that a global platform allows the proliferation of trolls, disinformation, and harmful content, yet censors a legitimate news organization for reporting on human rights and community struggles. (AlterMidya) altermidya.net/reinstate-bula…

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Sa mga nakikinabang sa flood control projects, say Chiz! 📸 Escudero’s top campaign donor got ₱5.16B in flood control projects. Centerways Construction — whose president gave Chiz ₱30M in 2022 — handled 36 projects in his Sorsogon turf, the 1st district, taking 67% of the

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Famine in Gaza is linked to Israel’s deliberate destruction of Palestinian agricultural systems and systematic denial of humanitarian aid, including food. 74% of its cultivated olive areas have been destroyed in the past three years. #StandWithGaza #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

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🚨Land grabs driven by business interests killed nine Indigenous Peoples, harassed 38, & displaced 2,400 last year. International groups PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) & Int'l Indigenous Peoples Movement will release a report on human rights abuses related to land conflicts on August 27 @ 6 pm Manila. ✍️ Register to

🚨Land grabs driven by business interests killed nine Indigenous Peoples, harassed 38, & displaced 2,400 last year.

International groups <a href="/PANAsiaPacific/">PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP)</a> &amp; <a href="/ipmsdl_/">Int'l Indigenous Peoples Movement</a> will release a report on human rights abuses related to land conflicts on August 27 @ 6 pm Manila. 

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Join us in standing with Palestinian farmers and communities in their struggle for life, land, and sovereignty. 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 A solidarity webinar for Palestine

Join us in standing with Palestinian farmers and communities in their struggle for life, land, and sovereignty. 

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
A solidarity webinar for Palestine
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Trump’s military assault on Venezuela has never been about democracy, justice, or anti-narcotics. It has always been about reasserting US imperialism’s domination over the Latin American region, including control of more than 300 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves in