“This decision affirms that the government has fundamental shortcomings in meeting the basic needs of citizens amid lockdowns.”
Category: Urban Poor
Marcoses continue to rob the Filipino people due to unpaid estate taxes – martial law victims
Citing the unpaid estate taxes of the Marcoses, martial law victims said the family of the late dictator continues to rob the people.
‘Housing for all’ possible if PH budget realigned for social services, says urban poor group
Is housing for all but a pipe dream?
Vendors struggle to survive amid price hikes
The increasing prices of staple commodities are making access to food even more difficult, even for vendors themselves.
Despite attacks, Filipino women strive to help the poor
A year on, community- and women-led efforts that responded to the Filipino poor’s needs continued to face harassment.
Community kitchens feed the hungry during lockdown
Mimi Doringo of Kadamay said these community kitchens were a testament to the poor pandemic response of the government. They also coupled it with calls for better response as seen in Sitio San Roque.
Community kitchens serve warm meals, show govt negligence
While waiting for the government’s stingy and slow aid, they have to activate their survival mode by pooling their resources to help each other. All these, the people have to do amid militaristic community quarantines. And as they say when it rains it pours, calamities from typhoons, earthquakes, farm infestation, among others, did not stop afflicting communities.
Aid could have been provided if not for ridiculous spending
In light of the COA report, Bulatlat is revisiting the ridiculous spending of the Duterte administration when it should be pouring its attention to defeating this pandemic.
A community pantry volunteer shares why she wants to give back
Once a beneficiary of a community pantry, 67 year-old single parent Beth Concha is one of the volunteers of Flag Brigade PH, an initiative started by labor group Defend Jobs Philippines.
Instead of politicizing aid, Duterte urged to increase cash aid, make distribution efficient
Critics fear this could delay the distribution of the cash aid, which has already been criticized for being too little.
Despite threats, activists continue to help Manila’s poor
Inspired by Malaysia’s White Flag movement, activists and volunteers of Defend Jobs Philippines delivered food to urban poor communities in Metro Manila, saying that they aim “to concretize how people in their respective communities can ask and give support to each other.”