#HomelessCamp | Demolished Floodway residents mourn homelessness in time of...
“Mabuti pa ang patay may bahay, ang mga buhay walang matawag na sariling tahanan.” [“The dead are better off than the living poor who do not have homes.”] This was the sentiment raised by urban poor...
View ArticleWomen’s group to stress VAWC issues against Trump PH visit in November
Women continue to experience violence, so they must learn to stand up against it – Ina Fadriquela, Gabriela Metro Manila Secretary General Gabriela leaders from their different city chapters and...
View ArticleNAPC chief admits Philippine housing problem “in deep crisis”
National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Secretary and Lead Convenor Liza Maza visited the ‘homeless camp’ of Manggahan Floodway residents who lost their homes two weeks ago in a local...
View Article#HomelessCamp | Ang munting hiling: kakaunting espasyo sa malaking mundo
Ang pagkakaroon ng tahanan na makakanlungan ang simpleng pangarap ng lahat. Tahanang magsisilbing silong kapag bumuhos ang malakas na ulan o mahapdi ang init ng araw. Tahanang magbibigay ng seguridad...
View ArticlePagsasabuhay ng buhay na pananampalataya
Ang pananampalataya ay ganap na tiwala o pananalig ng isang tao sa isang Makapangyarihan. Ang pananampalataya ay may mga kasingkahulugan ng pagtitiwala, paniniwala, pananalig. Mayroong mga tao na may...
View Article‘Homeless Camp’ faces dispersal threat
The ongoing ‘Homeless Camp’ in Mendiola of Manggahan Floodway residents, who lost their homes in a sweeping demolition, faces threats of being dispersed starting tomorrow. On November 3, elements of...
View ArticleMakabagong Propeta
Nicodemus, a group of seminarians and theology students, participated in the November 5 “national healing walk” from EDSA Shrine to the People Power Monument that the Catholic Bishops Conference of...
View Article#HomelessCamp | Biktima ng sistema
Nakipagkwentuhan ako kay Mang Joven, 65 na taong gulang, sa kanilang kampuhan sa Mendiola. Isa si Mang Joven sa naapektuhan ng demolisyon na isingawa sa Manggahan Floodway, Pasig noong Oktubre. Hindi...
View ArticleUrban poor groups blast Duterte, ASEAN, EAS anti-poor agenda
Urban poor group Kadamay and residents of East Bank Manggahan Floodway in Barangay Sta. Lucia, Pasig City currently camped out in Mendiola, Manila assailed the threat to evict the ‘Homeless Camp’...
View ArticleHinggil sa Pagbisita ni Duterte sa Camp Bagong Diwa at sa Okasyon ng National...
Kamakailan ay binisita ni Duterte ang Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) sa Camp Bagong Diwa. Sa kanyang talumpati sa mga upisyal at empleyado ay nangako siya sa kanila ng pagtaas ng sahod...
View ArticleSa ikaapat ng taon ng bagyong Yolanda
Hindi pa rin sila nakakabangon... Apat na taon na mula nang winasak ng Bagyong Yolanda o Haiyan ang Silangang Visayas. Umabot sa 6,000 Pilipino sa apat na rehiyon ng bansa ang inulat ng gobyerno na...
View ArticleKadamay slams “extravagantly anti-poor” ASEAN preparations and Trump visit
Homeless families from Manggahan Floodway in Pasig City under Balikwas Kadamay and urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) staged a protest rally at their ‘Homeless Camp’ in Mendiola...
View Article“P15.5B budget for ASEAN, Trump visit a grand display of wasting public...
A group of homeless residents from the East Bank Road in Barangay Sta. Lucia in Pasig City who were on their second week of holding a protest camp-out in Mendiola, Manila decried the P15.5 billion...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to President Rodrigo Duterte from the farmers of Northern Samar
We are the farmers of Northern Samar. We comprise an overwhelming majority of the province’s population but we are the poorest of the poor in this corner of the country. We rise at dawn to till the...
View ArticleWomen journalists called on to stand up against inequalities, globalization
“Being a woman empowered in the profession as journalism, we are somehow expected to persevere to build a better and sustainable life for us and for our communities,” said Kathleen Okubo, community...
View ArticleIAWRT Statement on the 31st ASEAN Summit in the Philippines
As we gather to hold our 37th Biennial Conference in the Philippines, we take this occasion to call on the leaders of the 10-member nation of the Association of South East Asian Nations and its...
View ArticleFACE-OFF | Urban poor groups grill housing agencies in dialogue
In a historic event, representatives from various national government agencies concerning housing, local government units and urban poor groups in Metro Manila sat down in an inter-agency dialogue led...
View ArticleMisspelled “Philppines” in ASEAN welcome tarp draws flak from netizens
A Facebook post of a photo showing a welcome banner for international delegates of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit went viral on Friday as the said publicity material...
View Article#HomelessCamp | Ang demolisyon sa mata ng isang paslit
Kamakailan lamang ay giniba ang 1,000 kabahayan sa Manggahan, Floodway sa Pasig na nagresulta sa kawalan ng tahanan ng nasa 500 pamilya. Nagresulta rin ito sa paghinto sa pagpasok sa paaralan ng mga...
View ArticleIN PHOTOS: October Revolution Centennial Celebration in Manila, Philippines
100 years of the October Revolution For the 100th year anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and International League of People’s Struggle held a People’s Forum on...
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