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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,…

[PRESS STATEMENT] Iloilo Consumers Group Holds Picket vs. Oil Price Hikes, Exposes Heavy Tax Burden Per Liter

PRESS STATEMENTMarch 3, 2026 For Immediate ReleaseIloilo Consumers Group Holds Picket vs. Oil Price Hikes, Exposes Heavy Tax Burden Per…

Panay Island synchronizes provincial resistance movements against corruption for #EDSA40

By Tiffany Xu On its second year as a special working holiday, thousands of Panayanons across the 4 provinces of…

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…

POOLED EDITORIAL | When Journalism is Treated as Terrorism*

On February 7, Frenchie Mae Cumpio, a community journalist from Leyte, marks her sixth year in detention—an incarceration that rights…

Iloilo planters, millers rise up against crises in sugarcane industry

by Tiffany Xu “All they think about is importation, importation! Where else do you see a country with vast fishing…

‘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…

Why Filipinos Resist US Imperialist Dictates on the Venezuelan People

By Raoul Manuel The recent US attack of Venezuela has exposed the reach of the empire’s well-oiled disinformation campaign designed…

BAYAN Panay Joins Global Call to Defend Venezuela’s Sovereignty

ILOILO CITY — BAYAN Panay condemned the recent bombardment and attacks carried out by the United States against Venezuela, including…