In July 2026, the Philippine Department of Health launched a new National Framework for the Prevention of Asbestos-Related Diseases, establishing a national policy direction for preventing asbestos-related diseases, strengthening awareness of asbestos regulations, and promoting coordinated efforts to prevent them.

In countries like Indonesia and the Philippines, journalists investigating corruption, environmental destruction, or military abuses have faced violence, including targeted killings and legal harassment.

For generations, the Talisay community has depended on healthy coastal ecosystems to live and to work. But in 2022, the expansion of the Cebu International Container Port began, putting 500 fisherfolk at risk of displacement and dozens of homes at risk of demolition.

Global solidarity is paying off. After coordinated union actions around the world, pressure has pushed the Lululemon supplier back to the table—and it’s working. Talks between the union and factory management have resumed, and already there’s a major breakthrough: five sacked union leaders have been reinstated with full backpay.

Farmers and residents in Barangay Bato, Toledo, Cebu, are at an emerging frontier of the resistance against carbon-intensive, polluting industry. Their environment and way of life are at risk thanks to Therma Visayas, Inc. (TVI), an Aboitiz-owned coal-fired power plant, but together they’re fighting back.