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‘BENTENG BIGAS NO MORE’: Farmers Group Decry Marcos’ ₱20 Rice Program Supply Shortage in Aklan
By Juliane Judilla Long queues, limited supplies and a temporary suspension of sales have raised questions about the implementation of the Marcos administration’s ₱20-per-kilo rice program in Aklan, prompting farmers’
Slain Negrense journalist, Ilonggo priest, Panay environmental group among nominees for environmental award
By Juliane Judilla ILOILO City, Philippines — Hailing from the Visayas, a slain environmental journalist, a dedicated bishop, and an environmental group championing Indigenous peoples’ rights are among the nominees
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Antique citizens’ watchdog groups file fresh Ombudsman complaints over ₱670-M govt. projects
By Juliane Judilla ILOILO CITY, Philippines — Amlig Antique, an alliance of civil society and people’s organizations, together with citizens’ watchdog group Kahublagan Kontra Kurapsyon (KKK), filed three additional complaints
PAMALAKAYA- Panay Holds Fluvial Protest as Regionally-Coordinated Action Ahead of SONA 2026
Nathaniel Baga-ut | Spokesperson, PAMALAKAYA- Panay Following the recently concluded State of the Panay Peasant Address (SOPPA), provincial chapters of the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya (PAMALAKAYA) Panay, in Aklan,
Envi Alliance Backs Filing of Ombudsman Complaints Over Alleged Environmental Degradation Projects in Antique
By Juliane Judilla The Amlig Antique Alliance, a coalition of religious organizations, environmental advocates, and civil society groups, files five separate complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman Regional VI
BPO Workers File Illegal Dismissal Complaint Against Company in Iloilo
By Juliane Judilla ILOILO CITY — More than a hundred employees of TTEC, formerly known as TeleTech, under the Verizon account have filed an illegal dismissal complaint before the National
After the Toboso 19: The Land Remembers, the People Resist
By Juliane Judilla “Buotan na si Tapang [Roger Fabillar].” (Tapang [Roger Fabillar] was a kind person.) These were the words of alias “L,” a resident of Brgy. Salamanca, Toboso, Negros
Pavia farmers decry LGU inaction, enterprise stonewalling as floodwaters submerge croplands
By Tiffany Xu Even as the municipality of Pavia celebrates its title as Iloilo’s top rice producer for the year 2025, farmers’ group Gapanguma sa Mali-ao (GAMA) unfolds that over
Labor Groups Hold Picket, File Wage Hike Petition in Iloilo
By Juliane Judilla Workers’ groups and trade unions led by the United Labor Alliance (ULA) and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU)–Panay staged a picket protest outside the Regional Tripartite Wages and