Protect the Environment
No to Pax Silica, Yes to People-Centered Development
September 1, 2026PRESS RELEASEAugust 31, 2026 QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The Council for People’s Development and Governance (CPDG) joined the launch of Network Opposed to Pax Silica at the CICM Maryhill School of Theology in Quezon City. The event was attended by advocates, farmers, indigenous leaders and indigenous community members, workers, people’s organizations, civil society organizations, environmental […]
UP’s SDG Park: Leaving people behind
August 7, 2026Over the last months since August 2025, residents of Pook Aguinaldo, Pook Malantic, and Area 17 in Barangay UP Campus, reported experiencing harassment and intimidation from armed and unarmed University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Blue Guards and police personnel accompanying vehicles attempting to deliver construction materials for the planned Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Park […]
CPDG calls out the arrest of anti-mining leader in Dupax del Norte
August 4, 2026CPDG calls out the arrest and detention of anti-mining leader Florentino Daynos II of the Dupax del Norte Environmental Defenders (DDNED). Daynos was arrested and detained at the Malasin Philippine National Police station in Dupax del Norte on charges of grave threats and coercion. According to one of his lawyers, no subpoena was issued before […]
The Cost of “Development”: Mining, Militarization, and the Philippine Climate Crisis
Normel Bermundo | July 29, 2026The Philippines is experiencing an escalating climate crisis as the country’s political and economic systems, dominated by vested interests, exacerbate the impact of climate change. The OECD, in its 2026 economic survey on the country, reports more intense and frequent typhoons, accelerated sea-level rise, and more extreme rainfall events. All these pose grave risks and […]
CPDG Denounces Case Against Anti-Mining Lawyers in Nueva Vizcaya, Urges Anti-SLAPP Bill Passage
July 29, 2026The Council for People’s Development and Governance (CPDG) joins various organizations and individuals in condemning yet another cyber libel case filed by the North Luzon Mineral Resources Corp. (NLMRC). Lawyer Edgardo C. Balgos was slapped with a case days after the same mining company filed a legal complaint against Atty. Fidel Santos. Both public interest […]
SONA 2026 ni Marcos Jr., Tinapatan ng State of the Peasant Address (SOPA) ng KMP at PATRIA
July 25, 2026Hulyo 24, 2026 | Philippine Coconut Authority, Diliman, Quezon City – Tatlong araw bago ang ikalimang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., isinagawa ng Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) at Pagkakaisa para sa Tunay na Reporma sa Lupa (PATRIA) ang State of the Peasant Address (SOPA 2026) bilang pagtatasa […]
Justice for Dr. Kent Carpenter: End the Culture of Impunity
July 13, 2026The Council for People’s Development and Governance (CPDG) denounces the killing of Dr. Kent Carpenter last June 12 at his residence in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. Dr. Carpenter is an internationally renowned American marine biologist and a research associate at Siliman University (SU) in Dumaguete City; he made the Philippines his home, dedicating decades to studying […]
Not Just Surviving: Communities Resisting Disaster and Repression
Dom Ybera | July 27, 2025The country observes National Resilience Month this July—under the banner of readiness and recovery. Government agencies are rolling out awareness campaigns, conducting simulation drills, and showcasing disaster preparedness programs. But in the Philippines’ most vulnerable and disaster-prone areas—where typhoons, floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, poverty, and armed conflict converge—these gestures ring hollow for many. “For communities […]
Typhoon Carina underlines PH govt’s disaster unpreparedness— CPDG
July 27, 2024Photo: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images In his third State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Pres. Marcos Jr.) sought to give the impression that disaster risk response and preparedness is a top priority of his administration. He reported completing 5,500 flood control projects and said that a Disaster Response Command Center was just […]