April 15, 2010
News in Pictures: Youth Group Holds Bikefest to Oppose Demolition and Relocation of Community in Taytay

Kabataan Partylist Southern Tagalog holds a morning bikefest at Lupang Arenda, Taytay to oppose the imminent demolition and relocation of the community home to 60,000 families. Kabataan Partylist Congressman Raymond Palatino along with other youth volunteers brave the rain in their solidarity with the plight of the urban poor community. The bikefest is 1st of the 6-day caravan of the youth group around the provinces of CALABARZON calling for genuine change and honest 2010 elections. In the evening a torch parade was staged together with the peasant youth of Sinoloan, Laguna. (Text and photos courtesy of Kabataan Partylist-Southern Tagalog Chapter / bulatlat.com)