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…
Remembrance is Resistance: Slain Tumandok Leaders Remembered on 5th Anniversary of Massacre
By Juliane Judilla ILOILO CITY — Over a hundred organizations gathered in solemn unity to remember and commemorate the anniversary…
Youth Groups Denounce Red-Tagging, Military Surveillance of Environment Advocate
By Juliane Judilla Human rights and youth organizations in Western Visayas condemned what they described as continuing harassment, surveillance, and…