A reclamation project threatens to bring loss of livelihood and homes to Navotas fisherfolk.
Navotas fisherfolk hold fluvial protest vs reclamation, demolition
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After the Fire
Navotas Gov’t Shuts Down Stall of City’s 1st Newspaper Dealer
Alegre Diones, 71, is the first-ever newspaper dealer in what is now known as Navotas City. She started selling newspapers from a stall in front of the Kaunlaran High School, which is near her home in Dagat-Dagatan, in 1981, when she was still an official of the National Housing Authority (NHA). Her business had been…
A Passion for Pasyon
BY DEE AYROSO Bulatlat.com During the Japanese occupation, they held pabasa in hushed voices by the river to avoid being caught by the Japanese soldiers. Come war or high water, as far as Aling Alegre remembers, her family reads the Pasyon every Lenten season. As far as Alegre Diones remembers, her family had been holding…