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‘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 possession of firearms and explosives by Branch 10 of the
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 Theater of the University of the Philippines Visayas in General
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 to discredit the Venezuelan government and drown out the voices
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 the reported abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his
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 of the Tumandok massacre, renewing calls for justice, accountability, and
Phantoms of rivers and ranges: More dev’t aggression projects haunt Tumandoks
By Tiffany Xu A decade and more has passed since implementers have sought the fruition of a megadam structure by the Jalaur River — unheeding of threats on nature, culture,
Reflections on “Tumandok” On- and Off-Screen
By Raoul Manuel More than a year has passed after the Cinemalaya 2024 best film “Tumandok” was released with the aim of shedding light on the struggles of indigenous peoples
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 red-tagging of an environmental advocate and her sister by state
Tumandok Resistance: Seeking Justice in Korea Against the Jalaur Mega Dam
By John Ian Alenciaga, Coordinator, Jalaur River for the People Movement (JRPM), August 2025 PANAY ISLAND, PHILIPPINES – For over a decade, the Tumandok people of Panay Island have resisted
Progressive Groups Slam Iloilo’s Recent Rate Hike, Privatization of Water
By Tiffany Xu ILOILO CITY — From market spaces, transportation, to water services — government agencies in Iloilo are now centering its development goals around revenue-generating public-private partnership deals. The