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…
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…
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…
Remembering RJ Ledesma: Hundreds Paid Tribute to Slain Negrense Community Journalist
“A skilled journalist and writer, an active human rights defender, and a good friend.” This is how colleagues, friends, and…
What makes a city of gastronomy?
By Juliane Judilla When I think of comfort food, the first thing that comes to mind is KBL, an Ilonggo…
BAYANIHAN AT WELGANG BAYAN: Nearly 1,000 join two-day “People’s Strike” in Iloilo City
By Juliane Judilla ILOILO CITY — Nearly a thousand jeepney drivers, operators, and commuters joined the two-day People’s Strike on…
Groups Stage Series of Protests vs Transport Policies in Iloilo City
By Juliane Judilla ILOILO CITY —Hundreds of Jeepney drivers and operators from different transport coalitions, alongside commuter and consumer groups,…
Ahead of Feb. 25, Panay Youth Urge Public to ‘Learn from the Streets’
By Juliane Judilla ILOILO CITY — Student councils, campus publications, and various youth organizations from across Panay gathered on February…
‘POETIC JUSTICE’: Court Acquits Peasant Activist, Writer Amanda Echanis
By Juliane Judilla After nearly six years in detention, poet and peasant activist Amanda Socorro Echanis was acquitted of illegal…
Groups call for accountability in Duterte drug war forum
By Juliane Judilla Iloilo City — Lawyers, law students, and human rights advocates gathered on January 11 at the Little…