Even during a calamity or health emergency, Bishop Reuel Marigza, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines, said that compassion and human dignity should be at the heart of government officials carrying out relief operations.
Category: Urban Poor
Cops attempt to foil urban poor efforts to feed hungry amid COVID-19
“They threatened to stop our community kitchen if we will continue with the protests and placards. Will these police officers feed us?”
Family of Kiko Pangilinan, actress Jodi Sta. Maria offer to pay for bail of ‘San Roque 21’
“i’m really sorry i don’t normally put that stuff out here but nanginginig ako sa galit and they need to be set free and the faster we can get this done the better.”
Arrests in QC reveal lack of gov’t support to lockdown-affected residents
“The people are getting hungry. The answer to their fervent wish is simple. And yet they were violently dispersed and arrested all because this gathering is prohibited?”
Women’s group provides warm meals for Marikina’s poor residents
Most of the breadwinners in their village earn a living either as construction workers or market vendors.
500 families left homeless in aftermath of Cavite blaze
Wawa 1 is one of the “Direct Impact Areas” affected by Bacoor’s “Green and Blue Network” reclamation program, which will cover a 320-hectare space aimed at “attract[ing] economic development” in the city. Specifically, Wawa 1 is the proposed site of a “river walk” which will threaten to displace the residents in the area.
Quezon City parish initiates measures to support pedicab drivers during quarantine
“They are making us miserable. We have been deprived of food and now we are the bad ones. We are not criminals, we just want to earn a living so that we could feed our families.”
#COVID19Quarantine | Urban poor group reminds gov’t 4.5M Filipinos don’t have a home
Amid the calls to “stay at home” and “work at home,” an urban poor group said thousands of Filipinos do not have roofs over their heads in the first place.
The multiple burdens of being a Moro woman sidewalk vendor
“The fear of getting caught and arrested during clearing operations has always been there. I have always felt the discrimination, not just because I am a Muslim woman, but because I am poor and without a decent job.”
Valiant captain of the ship
Most of the victims who fell prey to the bloodied claws of tokhang are economic providers in their respective families. Evidently, the result of this senseless war on drugs has exacerbated the already precarious state of poor families in this barangay.
Rizal-based urban poor activist arrested
“Urban poor advocates are not spared in this widespread crackdown against progressive organizations. We have to be even more vigilant.”