In a statement, urban poor group Kadamay said police presence is “definitely not needed” in the community pantries, adding that their atrocious record will scare away people who badly need food.
Category: Urban Poor
Advocates post photos of empty plates to press aid for the hungry
In time for the Catholic tradition of fasting during the Holy Week, a peasant advocates group led a protest action assailing how the government “has virtually imposed hunger on the poor and the marginalized amid the apparent absence of any concrete plans for economic relief and the strengthening of the public health system.”
Surface urban poor leader, police urged
An urban poor group is demanding the Bulacan police to surface arrested urban poor leader Concepcion Opalla, who continues to be denied her right to lawyers and relatives three days since her arrest.
A year since lockdown, the poor struggles against homelessness
Instead of addressing homelessness, the Philippine government has recently lifted its earlier memorandum, ordering the postponement of demolition and eviction of poor communities.
Mimi Doringo and how the struggle for urban poor rights answered her searching questions
Urban poor leader Mimi Doringo said studying their rights and how to assert them made her more confident in working for their welfare.
Farewell, Ka Ricky
“We are but ants to these businessmen, ants they can crush,” Tatay Ricky would later on tell me of their struggle for their homes. “The government should be focusing on us.”
Urban poor group says no to another Duterte presidency
Kadamay said the country’s economic decline is brought by the government’s “mismanagement” of the raging COVID-19 pandemic, with the Duterte administration prioritizing infrastructure projects amid a health crisis. Kadamay said these infrastructure projects often lead to demolition of urban poor communities, pushing the already vulnerable to homelessness.
Market vendors, like their buyers, cannot afford what they sell
“I’m a pork vendor, but my viand is just leftover pork ribs. I can’t even afford to buy what I sell.”
30 families lose homes, livelihood amid Navotas reclamation
Thirty families were told to vacate the land where they have lived for decades to give way to the 576-hectare reclamation project of San Miguel Corporation.
First Person | In Montalban, injustice thick as sludge
It’s as if the greed and neglect piled upon more greed and neglect has turned into something thick and viscid, and like mud threatens to harden into something more permanent. I can only hope that that something is awakening, and not despair.
‘Life was the only thing we managed to save’
After surviving yet another raging flood that took away their home and belongings, Kasiglahan residents are at a loss as to how to start again.