Trining ng Tondo (Isang Pagpupugay)
Ang ekspresyon sa kanyang mukha habang nagkukwento kung paano siya kinuryente, hinubaran, tinaniman ng mga kung anu-anong ebidensya, ay bakas na bakas sa gigil at tikas sa kanyang mukha.
Nanay Mameng
Mother Mameng delves deep into the character of a woman who has experienced extreme poverty and domestic violence and rose from from it all to become the beloved personality, well-known to the Philippine mass movement.
Kadamay starts urban poor campout at CHR
Kadamay said that widespread demolitions and displacement due to the government’s aggressive infrastructure campaign “Build Build Build” is one of the reasons for attacks against the civil liberties of the poor.
Kabataang handang kumilos at manindigan
“Sa bawat pagdanak ng dugo ng mga magsasaka sa mga sakahan, sa bawat binubuwag nilang picket line ng mga manggagawa, at sa bawat maralita na tinatanggalan nila ng karapatan sa paninirahan, ay ang pag-usbong ng bagong salinlahi ng mga kabataang rebolusyonaryo na handang kumilos at manindigan, buhay man ay ialay!”—Alex Danday, Anakbayan spokesperson
Businessmen cashing in on Metro Manila Reclamation project–IBON
Research group IBON said that the Manila Bay reclamation project under the Build, Build, Build program is a profit-led infrastructure plan that will mainly benefit big business. The group said that contrary to government claims, the project will displace nearby communities from their homes and livelihoods and destroy the environment. The Manila Bay Reclamation project […]
Kadamay presses demand for housing rights
Urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) trooped to the National Housing Authority yesterday, March 24, to condemn the agency’s failure to address the housing crisis that victimizes at least five million families household nationwide. The group called for scrapping of the Urban Development and Housing Act it said never succeeded in addressing the […]
Urban poor calls for scrapping of Housing Act of 1992
The Rodrigo Duterte government must step up in terms of providing mass housing, urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) said. “For too long the public has been led to believe that social services, like housing, were only meant to be publicly funded but not publicly allocated. There is a housing crisis in the […]
“Duterte promised us free housing”–Kadamay
THE Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) said their occupation of vacant units at various projects in Pandi, Bulacan stemmed from President Rodrigo Duterte’s promise of free housing. They said they have waited long enough for the promise to be fulfilled, repeatedly petitioning various government agencies, to no avail. Finally, last March 8, they have decided to […]
Kadamay: Unjust policies force poor to occupy housing sites
Urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) marched to Mendiola yesterday to urge President Rodrigo Duterte to a dialogue in order for them to show proof that hundreds of housing units are unoccupied in Bulacan Province. Instead of distributing government housing units to poor beneficiaries, the National Housing Authority only choose families who can […]
Urban poor residents score vs rent interest impositions
RESIDENTS of Southville 3 in Muntinlupa City ended their rally today in a triumphant note after National Housing Authority (NHA) officials agreed to lift housing interest rates imposed on them since 2009. Armed with an endorsement from Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) chairman Terry Ridon and accompanied by former Bayan Muna Representative Neri […]