The House of Representatives on Tuesday hosted the launch of the Lakbay Museo ng Paghilom, the country’s first-ever mobile museum dedicated to the stories of victims of extrajudicial killings. The exhibit is an initiative of Fr. Flaviano Villanueva, a 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, and is supported by TINGOG Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre and AKBAYAN Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno. The museum will be open to the public at the South Wing Annex Lobby of the House of Representatives until December 11.
Photos courtesy of TINGOG Party-list.
THE House of Representatives on Tuesday hosted the official launch of the Lakbay Museo ng Paghilom, the country’s first-ever mobile museum dedicated to the stories of victims of extrajudicial killings, at the South Wing Annex Lobby of the House of Representatives.
The mobile museum is an initiative of Program Paghilom, founded by Fr. Flaviano Villanueva, a 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, and is mounted in observance of the National Human Rights Consciousness Week. The exhibit was supported by TINGOG Party-list Representative Jude Acidre and AKBAYAN Party-list Representative Chel Diokno.
The Paghilom Mobile Museum features curated artifacts, images, and narratives drawn from families of EJK victims, including personal items such as the shirt of three-year-old Myca Ulpina, who was killed during a police operation in Rizal. At the center of the installation is a life-sized reproduction of the oil painting, “Paghilom”, mounted on a collapsible fabric tension wall and serving as the visual and emotional anchor of the exhibit. The museum is designed as an immersive three-part experience that guides visitors through loss, lived realities, and resistance through memory.
During the launch, Fr. Villanueva underscored the role of memory in safeguarding truth and dignity, saying, “To remember the victims by name, by story, by the fullness of their humanity—is to declare that the victims were not statistics, not collateral damage, not disposable. Because memory protects truth when lies become louder. Memory preserves humanity when history begins to harden. Memory keeps us from building a future on erasure.”
In his message, Acidre emphasized that the museum is rooted in human truth and collective responsibility.
“This museum is not about politics. It is about people. People whose stories deserve to be told. People whose pain deserves to be acknowledged. People whose lives—and deaths—must teach us to never again allow fear to be weaponized against the poor,” Acidre said.
The museum forms part of Project Paghilom, a healing and truth-telling initiative that accompanies families of EJK victims through community-based support, memorialization, and sustained dialogue. It aims to foster empathy, counter disinformation, and strengthen national reflection through storytelling rather than statistics.
As part of continued support for families affected by extrajudicial killings, TINGOG Party-list, through the Office of Rep. Acidre, also distributed 100 backpacks to members of the Paghilom Youth on December 6, 2025. The beneficiaries are children and families of EJK victims under Project Paghilom.
The Lakbay Museo ng Paghilom is open from December 9 to 11, 2025 at the South Wing Annex Lobby, House of Representatives.
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