My Greenviews

This is a 5-minute video documentation of the SEARICE Radio Segment in the DZME Agri Unlimited Program Agri Unlimited entitled " Rights and Welfare of Farming Families" co hosted by Dr Raffy Barosso and Roy Cabonegro.

Here is my commentary to an excellent article written by Ike Seneres below.  PDAF to be re allocated to LGUs under careful and direct oversight of local citizens group is i think the spirit behind the BUB (bottom up budgeting). I think we should consider this seriously if this will mean more funds going to job creating and enterprise building efforts; for the poor and micro and small entrepreneurs. I would like to add that another source of potential fund for job and enterprise creation by LGUs for poverty alleviation is the reallocation of the 60B plus CCT (conditional cash transfer) from dole out to something more productive that will have lasting empowerment impacts that what it is achieving now. Finally,  OFW remittances outweighs all FDIs put together in recent decades. If only we can find better way to challenge this sacrifices of our OFW heroes not just to benefit their families but the entire country through LGU led local job and enterprise creation for poverty...

Radical Goals for Sustainable Development This is an excellent article from HBF. This is a "must" read for all greens and sustainable development advocates in the Philippines as we buckle down to work for the challenges of 2015 and the "Aksyon 2015" campaign. It gives a good geo political context; with I think a very honest retrospection of the EU's own challenges and liabilities such as perverse subsidies, of the current global socio-economic and ecological crises. The context provided put into perspective the global climate negotiations this year, the year of the soils and the global plastic regulation campaigns. It also highlights the potentials and imperatives for effectively moving forward from the minimalist MDGs to what i would hopefully call the more viable means to realize the spirit of Rio92 and the original agenda21; the SDG (Sustainable Development Goals). Needless to say, the author also gave an honest  assessment of the current limits within an...

E-vehicle makers support bills on incentives All Greens and environmentalists must consider supporting these bills. We must find viable alternatives to the pollutive jeepneys and especially tricycles plying our public transport routes. But we must do this shift with proper consultation and coordination with TODA stakeholders. Control over and viability of their livelihood must continue to be paramount in considering this. But shift we must. The air pollution levels from mobile sources of growing cities in the Philippines has reached an alarming point that actions must be taken soon!

Comments to:  3 provinces hit hard by storm It seems the momentum of early and efffective response by government that they displayed in typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) got lost in Seniang. In fairness the forecasting work of PAGASA remained consistently excellent but it seemed the early evacuation response was not effectively done. Given most hazard is really landslide and flashfloods, it really does not take a super typhoon to warrant the effective disaster actions by government that we all deserve to realize our rights to be protected by the state. The 60+ lives lost; I think, could have really been avoided. Lastly, rehabilating our crucial ecosystems such as mangroves, wetlands and forests remain our long term and effective mitigation of the climate hazards that many of our comminities faced.

Watch our December 6 2014 DZME Radio Broadcast in Agri Unlimited with Dr. Raffy Barosso and Attorney Macky Maderazo with guests from Via Campesina and AFA (Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development) and Marinduque Provincial Board Member Lyn Angeles.

  Landmark new legislation in The Philippines will contribute to the country's commitment "to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation." Quezon City, The Philippines - WWF-Philippines welcomes today's signing of the Clean Water Act into law by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, as part of as national celebrations for World Water Day. This landmark legislation contributes to the fulfillment of Philippine commitments to the UN Millenium Development Goals, i.e. "to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation." Access to safe water, especially by the poor, is a major prerequisite for sustainable development. Currently, more than one billion people lack access to safe drinking water and more than two billion lack sanitation. Each year, 250 million cases of water-related diseases lead to ove...