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How Ilonggo migrants from Western Visayas built Mindanao's cities, farms, and fisheries—and the costs of that frontier. Written by Glenn Junsay Pansensoy  ·  History  ·  17 min read The Ilonggo Journey: From Landless Shores to the Building of Mindanao | Poetic Codes The Ilonggo Journey: From Landless Shores to the Building of Mindanao By Glenn Junsay Pansensoy Published November 1, 2026 poetic-codes.pages.dev @PoeticGlenn pansensoyglenn150@gmail.com The Ilonggo migration from Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Capiz, Antique, Guimaras, and other parts of Western Visayas was one of the great internal movements that reshaped Mindanao and Palawan. It was not simply...

The Ilonggo journey from basnigan fishing boats in Iloilo to the bulad trade in Talon-Talon. Written by Glenn Junsay Pansensoy  ·  History  ·  15 min read From Basnigan to Bulad: The Ilonggo Journey from Iloilo to Naga and Talon-Talon | Poetic Codes From Basnigan to Bulad: The Ilonggo Journey from Iloilo to Naga and Talon-Talon By Glenn Junsay Pansensoy Published November 1, 2026 poetic-codes.pages.dev @PoeticGlenn pansensoyglenn150@gmail.com The history of the basnigan —also called the basnig in some Ilonggo communities—is the history of a fishing technology that helped transform Northern Iloilo into one of the Philippines’ most important commercial fi...