From Luzon to Mindanao, urban poor relocatees tell stories of hunger, worsening poverty and desperation.
Relocation sites: the land of empty promises in the middle of nowhere
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Why urban poor resist relocation
“The houses look good. But we do not have livelihood there. We have electricity and water but we do not have money to pay our bills.” – Purita Dayao
Part Two: From danger zones to a death zone
Relocatees storm construction firm office for cutting off electricity
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Another unfulfilled promise to the urban poor?
Having to rebuild their lives again after the floods
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Getting no support from either the national or local governments after Typhoon Ondoy in 2009 inundated their homes, they were able to, piece-by-piece, rebuild their homes and their lives. And now again, their homes and meager belongings were swept away by the floods.
Urban poor residents “occupy” housing agency
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Urban poor groups trooped to the government housing agency to protest the massive demolition of homes in North and East Triangle areas to give way to the Quezon City Central Business District project. In a statement, Alyansa Kontra Demolition, an alliance of urban poor groups, said their…
Urban poor urges United Nations to investigate rights violations
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Real development must be based on social justice. It cannot be achieved by forcibly evicting and throwing us to the countryside and to remote places without decisively resolving the roots of our poverty and oppression.”