Blog Posts on urban poor

[Statement] Urban poor protest against LPG price increase and oil price hike -KPML by hronlineph.com on Feb 3, 2012The urban poor group, Kongreso ng Pagkakaisa ng mga Maralita ng Lungsod – National Capital Region-Rizal chapter (KPML-NCRR) rallied in front of the office of the Department of Energy (DOE) this morning to protest the continued rise of prices of...

by Revelations on Jan 12, 2012TRIALS        Not all the time, mankind surpass the trials they encounter.

Christmas 2011: A Celebration For The Poor and Homeless Children by I.Am.Dial. on Nov 18, 2011Christmas 2011 Advocacy: Celebration Party for the Homeless Children and Families Christmas season is fast approaching, it's the time of the year when half of the country swarm itself with material things only money can buy.  Source: R. Fer...

[In the news] Demolition at San Juan village resumes after brief standoff – Nation – GMA News Online – Latest Philippine News by on Jun 3, 2011Demolition at San Juan village resumes after brief standoff – Nation – GMA News Online – Latest Philippine News. Tension gripped a village in San Juan City anew Friday as residents faced off with a demolition team ordered to take &#...

Kalbaryo ng Sambayanan (2011) by Feeling Kodaker on Apr 26, 2011Members of progressive groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-National Capital Region (BAYAN-NCR) and Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY) depicted the "Kalbaryo ng Sambayanan" through Juan dela Cruz as the modern Christ carrying a crucifix of...

A Day in Dy Pac by Feeling Kodaker on Apr 16, 2011They call this community Dy Pac, which is located in Tondo, Manila just a few meters away from Divisoria, because it is situated inside the Dy Pac and Company's unfinished commercial building. More than 200 families live in this compound for as long...

Kadiwa: Lost Homes, Continuing Resistance by Feeling Kodaker on Mar 1, 2011To give way to the government's so-called development, they have to clear areas which they consider as an eyesore. According to National Housing Authority's 2007 data, there are around 544,609 informal settlers' households in the National Capital Reg...

Resistance by Chantal's Doodles on Feb 2, 2011Last January 25, 2011, the city government of San Juan led by Mayor Guia Gomez, former President Joseph Estrada’s mistress and Cong. JV Ejercito’s mother, using its police force and hired demolition team violently dispersed the resisting...

Participative Governance on Urban Development in Naga City, Philippines by Mensab Global Views on Jan 14, 2011“He is the same as me, yet I am not him. Only if you understand it in this way will you merge with the way things are.” – Tung-Shan (807-869)             One of the key ingredients of development is participat...

A Hidden Treasure in Barangay 105 Tondo by Adventures of Princess Mitzi on Oct 18, 2010It was a weekend unlike any other. A couple of my friends and I rode in a car with our doors locked, seat-belts fastened, eyes on a lookout, as we followed the green pick-up car in front of us. It led us to a narrow grimy pathway with cramped house...