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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 staged a picket protest outside the Regional Tripartite Wages and
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 family remember RJ Nichole Ledesma, as hundreds paid tribute to
Regional environmental forum seek systemic change amid corporate capture, greengrabbing
On Earth Day, April 22, more than 60 Panayanons gathered at WS Lounge Lapaz, Iloilo City to tackle the most pressing issues in the region from ridge to reef. Themed
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 March 19 and 20, staging coordinated protest actions across Iloilo
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, held a series of activities on Monday, March 9, calling
[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 Liter ILOILO City – Ilonggo consumers held a picket protest
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 Panay Island militantly took to the streets to resist unresolved
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 20, 2026, at the Jaro Archdiocese Social Action Center (JASAC)
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 and media groups strongly believe stems from her work as
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 grounds importing galunggong? With massive farmlands but is importing onions?”