Filipino NatGeo Young Explorer wants more informed, empowered indigenous youth in biodiversity issues
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 5) Josefa Tauli hopes to inform and empower her fellow indigenous youth to get a seat at the table on matters concerning nature. I m particularly very excited to use the opportunity for the capacity development basically targeted towards indigenous youth, the 2020 National Geographic Young Explorer told CNN Philippines The Exchange with Rico Hizon.
The 25-year-old Igorot indigenous people s rights and environmental advocate is among 24 youth all around the world who made it to NatGeo s 2020 Fall Young Explorers, which it announced this January.
Published March 5, 2021, 12:58 PM
In the Duterte Cabinet dominated by men including former military officials, Education Secretary Leonor Briones stands out.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malacañang Golf (Malago) Clubhouse in Malacañang Park, Manila on March 1, 2021. (PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Briones, 80, is a well-esteemed academician, economist and public servant. Appointed to head the Department of Education, she leads the department with a sharp mind, humor, and vigor despite her age.
No less than President Duterte is all praises for the competence of the woman Cabinet official. The President has taken pride in Briones’ competence, calling her “brilliant” when he attended the inauguration of a school building in Valenzuela City Thursday, March 4.
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar. 5 (PIA) - - A pregnant member of the New People’s Army (NPA), who surrendered recently to the officials of the army’s 702nd Brigade, was validated as a qualified recipient of the benefits from the Enhanced- Comprehensive Livelihood Integration Program (E-CLIP).
Major Rogelio Dumbrigue, Jr., the chief of the civil-military operations of the army’s 702nd Infantry Brigade, said that the Joint AFP-PNP Intelligence Committee (JAPIC) certified Sherry May Ibao, 22, as eligible to receive at least P65,000.00 livelihood assistance from E-CLIP.
Ibao, AKA Jerry/Laila, an active member of the Komiteng Larangang Guerilya - Southern Ilocos Sur of the Ilocos Cordillera Regional Committee (KLG -SIS, ICRC) of the NPA from 2015 to 2020, was six-month pregnant when she surrendered to authorities on January 4, 2021 in Bangued, Abra through the assistance of her parents from Eastern Samar Province.
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A Filipina journalist walked out of jail Friday after a judge threw out charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives last month, following her December arrest that drew loud protests from Philippine human rights groups and free-press advocates.
Lady Ann Salem, who was released from the Mandaluyong jail in Metropolitan Manila, is editor-in-chief of the online news outfit Manila Today, which has criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s policies including his administration’s brutal war on drugs.
“I have been in jail since Dec. 10, but other political prisoners have been in jail for years,” Salem, 36, told reporters as she emerged from the jail and walked toward an awaiting car. “That’s why we hope that others would also be released soon.”
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