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CHALLENGE TO MAY 14, 2007 VOTERS
Vote Only Candidates who Truly Care for the Environment !

Planet Earth is God’s gift to all. It is the only planet in the galaxy that God has endowed with fullness of life, balanced eco system and complete biodiversity where all living beings share interdependence and interrelatedness. Human beings as steward of God’s creation get its food, medicine, all basic needs and livelihood from the ecosystem. The current ecological crisis such as global warming, contamination of our bodies of water, soil, air and food; the rapid destruction of our forest, mountains and the over extraction of our mineral deposits, mangroves, animal and marine resources are very alarming that indeed need our serious attention during the coming election.

The May 14 election is a critical opportunity to judge those offering to serve us as councilors, mayors, board members, congressman, governors and senators by the degree of importance they give to the environment through their lifestyle, personal/ family practices, business relations, policies and support on the following:

  1. mining or logging of our mountains especially by foreign companies or allowing foreigners to own part of our natural resources;
  2. dumping of foreign toxic wastes in the country;
  3. use of coal plant or nuclear power plants;
  4. the importation and propagation of genetically modified organisms esp. Bt Corn, hybrid rice and the like and the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers in agriculture
  5. establishment or maintenance of dumpsites, landfill or incinerators;
  6. poor implementation of Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, Clean air act and other environment laws;
  7. Own or supports big fishing companies that throw their wastes in the sea, use dynamite and neglect or denied the concerns of the small fisher folk;
  8. favors given to the concerns of the big companies and neglect those of the small and ordinary citizens;
  9. push for the use of LPG powered vehicles without thorough study/ research on its impact to environment and health.

If we truly love our children and the next generations, we should take this challenge seriously. Let us prevent the worsening of global warming and leave behind a better clean and healthy environment to our children. Therefore, let this coming election an opportunity for all of us to choose wisely, scrutinize prudently the candidates and fearlessly follow the dictates of our God-given conscience to vote only for the God fearing and truly environment loving candidates.

 

Earth Day
Press Release of
The Archdiocese of Manila Ecology Desk
Contact Person:
Rev. Fr. Benito B. Tuazon
Director
Contact Numbers: 5619975 or 5623470


MGA HAMON SA MGA BOTANTE PARA SA MAYO 14
Makakalikasang kandidato ang ating Iboto!

 

Ang mundo ay kaisa-isang biyaya ng Diyos sa tao kung saan siya kumukuha ng pagkain, gamot at pangkabuhayan. Ang kasalukuyang pagbabago ng klima, pagkalason ng hangin, tubig at lupa; pagka-ubos ng iba’t-ibang uri ng halaman, hayop at ibang may buhay sa ating kapaligiran ay nagbabadya ng masamang hinaharap sa lahat ng mamamayan ng Bansang ito at sa buong mundo.

Kaya mahalagang bigyan natin ng halaga ang kalikasan sa ating pagpili ng ating mga iluluklok sa pamahalaan ngayong ika 14 ng Mayo. Kailangan nating suriin ang mga kandidato sa lokal at nasyonal na puwesto ang antas ng kanilang pagpapahalaga sa kalikasan sa kanilang kasalukuyang pamumuhay, nakaraang polisiya at pangkabuhayan o negosyo ng pamilya o samahan na kanilang kinabibilangan. Sila ba o ang kanilang angkan ay :

  1. may kompanyang namumutol ng kahoy ?
  2. may-ari ng malaking barkong nangingisda sa laot, gumagamit ng dinamita,nagtatapon ng dumi at ginagawang kawawa ang maliliit na mangingisda?
  3. may hakutan o tambakan ng basura?
  4. maayos na namamahala ng kanilang panapon/ basura sa pamamagitan ng tamang pagreresikolo o paggawa ng kompost sa kanilang sakahan o bakuran?
  5. may ari ng kompanyang gumagawa o nagbebenta ng kemikal, pestisidio o ng mga kemikal na pataba?
  6. may ari ng malalaking building na siyang sanhi ng pagbaha sa kapaligiran at pamayanan?
  7. bilang konsehal, mayor, bokal, gobernador, kongresista o senador at ordinaryong mamamayan siya ba ay pumapanig sa mga polisiyang hindi nagtataguyod ng pangangalaga sa kalikasan at kasarinlan ng bansa tulad ng:

a) pagmimina,

b) pagtapon ng nakakalason na dumi ng Japan at ng ibang bansa,

c) pagpuputol ng mga puno sa kanayunan o sa kalungsuran,

d) pagbibigay sa mga kahilingan ng mga malalaking kompanya ng langis o ng mga negosyante kaysa sa mga maliliit;

e) pagpapalaganap ng genetically modified organism sa agrikultura at pagkain,

g) pag-angkat ng mga produktong agrikultura at pagkain na hindi isinaalang-alang ang kaligtasan ng mamamayan,

h) pagtutulak sa paggamit o pagtatayo ng mga coal plants at nuclear power plants,

i) pagpapalaganap ng sunugan ng basura o incinerator.

  • pagbigay pabor o suporta sa mga malalaking kompaniya ng pangingisda kaysa mga maliit?

Kung hinahangad natin na ang ating mga anak o ang susunod na henerasyon ay magkaroon ng balanse, malinis at malusog na kapaligiran , karapatdapat lamang na ating seryosohin ang darating na eleksyon at gamitin natin ang gabay na ito sa pagpili ng mga taong ating iluklok sa pamahalaan.

 

Earth Day
Press Release of
The Archdiocese of Manila Ecology Desk
Contact Person:
Rev. Fr. Benito B. Tuazon
Director
Contact Numbers: 5619975 or 5623470

 

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