Category: Urban Poor

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Urban poor residents living along BIR road in Quezon City remain vigilant after a recent demolition threat in their community. “We were informed that a demolition team would arrive in our community (last Nov. 28) to demolish the so-called illegal structures. But what surprised us was the…

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Urban poor groups trooped to the government housing agency to protest the massive demolition of homes in North and East Triangle areas to give way to the Quezon City Central Business District project. In a statement, Alyansa Kontra Demolition, an alliance of urban poor groups, said their…

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Progressive partylist groups in the House of Representatives voted ‘no’ to the 2012 appropriations bill, saying that the national budget is “anti-poor” and that it reveals “government neglect and the absence of change.” “Mr. Speaker I cannot in my conscience vote in favor of a bill, which…

By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – For Rosalinda Sauro, 50, you do not have to be a driver to feel the effects of ceaseless oil price hikes. This president of a local chapter at Kapalaran Village, Quezon City, of the Gabriela Women’s Partylist (GWPa), said most people in their community are also complaining of increasing…