Silverio compound residents, supporters give Arnel Leonor a hero’s burial (Photo by Janess Ann J. Ellao / Bulatlat.com)
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Urban poor groups said the moratorium on demolition that Interior Sec. Jesse Robredo has issued is an initial and brief victory for communities in Metro Manila. But the fight is far from over. “The urban poor communities in Metro Manila have more time now to further strengthen [...]
Saturday, April 28, 2012
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“The national government appears to have completely neglected us and the rest of the urban poor,” one of the wounded residents said.
Groups call Ombudsman to conduct investigation on violent demolitions (Photo by Igal Jada San Andres / Bulatlat.com)
By IGAL JADA SAN ANDRES and PATRICIA LOURDES VIRAY
Urban poor experiences show: “fire is a primary tactic being used by the state” to demolish the urban poor communities.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Children are not deaf and blind to ignore what was happening.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“It was a human barricade. We did not gear for a gunfight.” — Sheila Bernal, a resident and president of Samahan ng Pagkakaisa at Rekonsilasyon sa Silverio.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com TIMES ST. Quezon City — Carolina Batarina’s husband left her to fend for their five children a few years ago. Since then, she has been raising their children on her own, trying to make ends meet with the meager income she earns from renting a few rooms in her [...]
Thursday, April 12, 2012By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Urban poor groups and a government employees union held a protest action in front of the Quezon City Hall to criticize the recently passed local ordinance that designates the East and North Triangles as the city’s central business district. But they were prevented from entering the city [...]
Friday, April 6, 2012
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Urban poor residents held a senakulo to protest against the “three crosses” they have been bearing namely, massive demolition of communities, oil price increases and power rate hikes.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Task Force on Urban Conscientization (TFUC) of the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines condemned the recent military harassment on urban poor families residing in its shelter. Last March 26, 2012, eight soldiers went to the Kanlungan Center, the TFUC shelter, looking for the [...]
Filipinos join protests against NATO in Chicago, US (Photo by Brett Jelinek / Bulatlat.com)
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