2021 AMBON Mural John S. Heredia, in memoriam 5 X 10 feet Acrylic on Canvass ◾Text by Tomas Talledo The mural is an offspring of collaboration by creative fellows of the honoree, PG Zoluaga, Boy Dolar, Jeline Laporga and Nelson Licoto. They depicted and memorialized their comrade-in-brush-and-paints, John Heredia of the Artista kag Manunulat nga […]
Iloilo
72ND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY PROTESTS, SUCCESSFUL AMID THREATS, INTIMIDATION, AND ARRESTS!
ILOILO CITY – On the very day of International Human Rights Day, Duterte demonstrated his fascist nature and committed human rights violations in the form of syndicated raids, planting of evidence and filing of trumped up charges against union organizers and a member of the media. According to Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay, Duterte haphazardly […]
DROP THE TRUMPED-UP CHARGES VS ELMER FORRO! STOP REDTAGGING ACTIVISTS!
ILOILO City – The local militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) Panay condemns in strongest terms the current harassment by state forces through a trumped-up case lodged against its secretary-general, Elmer Forro. Last August 13, Forro received a subpoena for a murder and multiple attempted murder case filed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Lambunao […]
UPV professor receives death threat
ILOILO City – University of the Philippines Visayas College of Arts and Sciences Social Science Division Prof. Tomasito Talledo just received a threat to his life early morning today, Tuesday. In a message from a suspected troll account, the suspect quipped “May pa hands-off Sir Tom pa ngayon ang mga estudyante mo Tomas! Pagkatapos mo […]
JORY PORQUIA COMMUNITY KITCHEN, LAUNCHED TO REMEMBER AND CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE
ILOILO CITY “To continue what you have started!” – this was the living promise of the comrades and friends of activist, Jory Porquia, brutally slayed last April 30 at Sto. Niño Norte, Arevalo, Iloilo City. Even as they marked the 30th day of his murder, his comrades and loved ones continue to demand justice. Thirty […]
MILITARY MEN KILL PEASANT LEADER IN ILOILO
ILOILO City – A peasant leader in Miag-ao, Iloilo was killed by the 61st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army last Saturday, April 18. The 61st IBPA in their statement on Saturday that their troops encountered about 40 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Anoy, Cabalaunan, Miag-ao, Iloilo. A firefight took place […]
Local PNP chief slammed for blocking food meals, misinformation
ILOILO City – A local chief of the Philippine National Police was called out for maligning and blocking the initiatives of urban poor to feed themselves amid COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement sent to the media, Bayan Panay said it received reports this afternoon that Molo PNP Chief Engelbert Banquillo asked the village chief of San […]
PNP 6 vilification and red-tagging, a desperate move – Bayan Panay
ILOILO City – Progressive group Bayan Panay called “a desperate move” the recent vilification and red-tagging post of the Philippine National Police Regional Office VI in their official Facebook Page Police Regional Office 6. “The PNP’s desperate move to vilify us calling us “deceivers” speaks of the level of stupidity and ignorance of the PNP,” […]
Inter-agency cluster for relief operations inutile, says disaster victims
ILOILO City – The disaster victim’s organization Kusog sang Pumuluyo lambasted today the inutile response of the inter-agency cluster in relief operations led by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in assisting the victims of typhoon Ursula. In a picket held at Camp Delgado where the OCD is located, the group claimed that the inter-agency […]
NPA active defense results in PNP casualties in Iloilo
ILOILO City – The New People’s Army Napoleon Tumagtang Command – Larangan Dose admitted to having caused the casualties of the PNP 1st Provincial Mobile Force members yesterday, December 23, around 9:30 in the morning. In a statement released to the media this afternoon, Ka Ariston Remus said that the military action was in response […]