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A cop approaches activists outside Camp Delgado, the regional headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Iloilo City. The April 30 protest calling for justice in the April 2020 killing of activist Jory Porquia was dispersed by cops. (Justice for Jory Porquia Facebook) ILOILO CITY --
Published April 29, 2021, 1:33 PM The death of a man who is remembered for putting up the forerunner of the now popular community pantry will be commemorated Friday, one year after he was mercilessly murdered in his rented room in Iloilo City. As his family and friends remember Bayan Muna coordinator Jory Porquia, many of his colleagues remain convinced that he was silenced for initiating the community kitchen that served as a reminder of government’s alleged ineptness and failure to address the hunger and fierce economic backlash of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “It...
ILOILO CITY – Activists in Iloilo are once again condemning the alleged red-tagging or alleged linkages to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing of the New People’s Army (NPA).