Commentary: Aquino’s tainted legacy
By: Jason Baker / Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Philippines just missed a unique opportunity to shine on the world stage. Benigno S. Aquino III was once respected as a leader of vision and compassion. Yet instead of leaving presidency with an order that Mali, the lonely and ailing elephant at the Manila Zoo, be retired to a sanctuary, he is moving on with Mali still in the same cramped, barren pen she has lived in for the past 40 years. …
Inquirer.net – June 29, 2016; 12:14 AM
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The EU needs to talk whaling with Japan
By Chris Butler-Stroud, Joanna Swabe
Japan has resumed its ‘scientific’ whaling activities in Antarctica. The EU should use its trade deal negotiations to gain commitments from the Far-East country to enforce the multilateral environmental agreements to which it is a signatory, write Chris Butler-Stroud and Joanna Swabe.
Chris Butler-Stroud is CEO of Whale and Dolphin Conservation. Dr Joanna Swabe is Executive Director at Humane Society International/Europe. …
EurActiv – June 28, 2016; 11:46 AM
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