Bong S. Sarmiento

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Bong S. Sarmiento is a journalist based in the southern Philippines.

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25 stories

A Philippine eagle.

The tribal leader dedicating his life to protect Philippine’s critically-endangered national bird

Bong S. Sarmiento 15 Oct 2024

Philippine coal mine roars into production amid waves of complaints

Bong S. Sarmiento 17 Sep 2024

The cat-sized Philippine palm civet (Paradoxurus philippinensis).

Philippine tribe boosts livelihoods and conservation with civet poop coffee

Bong S. Sarmiento 18 Apr 2023

A sea turtle in Philippine coral reefs.

China-funded bridge threatens Paradise Reef in southern Philippines

Bong S. Sarmiento 7 Mar 2023

Temporary shelters.

Deadly landslides prompt Philippine president to call for tree planting

Bong S. Sarmiento 9 Nov 2022

Activists and Indigenous peoples holding a protest.

Southern Philippine coal project moves ahead despite community opposition

Bong S. Sarmiento 18 Oct 2022

Tampakan government employees close a facility belonging to Sagittarius Mines, Inc.

Activists welcome decision to revoke permit for controversial Philippine gold mine

Bong S. Sarmiento 21 Sep 2022

Power lines supply electricity to residents within the Tampakan project

Open-pit mining ban lifted in Philippine province, clearing way for copper project

Bong S. Sarmiento 18 May 2022

‘I am pro-mining’: Indigenous opposition to Philippine mine project falters

Bong S. Sarmiento 28 Feb 2022

Philippine groups slam ‘cruel Christmas gift’ as open-pit mining ban is lifted

Bong S. Sarmiento 11 Jan 2022

Philippine eagle

In round 2 of Philippine geothermal project, tribes dig in for a greater say

Bong S. Sarmiento 31 Dec 2021

Illegal mining threatens Indigenous land at foot of Philippines’ tallest peak

Bong S. Sarmiento 30 Nov 2021

Philippine wetland oil riches untouched by war now up for grabs in peacetime

Bong S. Sarmiento 28 Oct 2021

A startup deploys black soldier flies in the Philippines’ war on waste

Bong S. Sarmiento 25 Jun 2021

Mining and logging threaten a wildlife wonderland on a Philippine mountain

Bong S. Sarmiento 27 Apr 2021

A tale of two seas: Closed season is a mixed bag for Philippine sardines industry

Bong S. Sarmiento 18 Feb 2021

A good year for the Philippine eagle in 2020, but not for its supporters

Bong S. Sarmiento 8 Jan 2021

Philippine ‘raptor boy’ shows it takes a village to protect a migration route

Bong S. Sarmiento 22 Nov 2020

Philippine court upholds open-pit mining ban in Mindanao

Bong S. Sarmiento 19 Oct 2020

A Philippine tribe’s plant-based medical tradition gets its moment

Bong S. Sarmiento 2 Oct 2020

Officials quash plan, for now, to develop Philippines’ biggest copper mine

Bong S. Sarmiento 30 Aug 2020

Fight rages on to save centuries-old giant Philippine rosewood tree

Bong S. Sarmiento 26 Aug 2020

Philippine coastal town leads war against plastic trash in Mindanao

Bong S. Sarmiento 19 Dec 2019

Martial law in Mindanao takes deadly toll on land, environmental defenders

Bong S. Sarmiento 1 Oct 2019

The coast of Freedom Island in Metro Manila teems with trash in this photo taken in 2017. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.

Plastic trash from the ‘sachet economy’ chokes the Philippines’ seas

Bong S. Sarmiento 9 Oct 2018

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