Living in shanties better than their life in relocation sites — urban poor families
“I thought that our struggle would end when we accepted the offer to relocate. But now I realized that it is not yet over.”
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“I thought that our struggle would end when we accepted the offer to relocate. But now I realized that it is not yet over.”
The real disaster in our country is neither the flood-inducing typhoons that sink our cities under murky waters nor the earthquakes that crumble our homes. In the end, the real disaster here is the poverty that ruins lives.
Agham Rd residents barricade against impending demolition of their homes

By IGAL JADA SAN ANDRES and PATRICIA LOURDES VIRAY
Urban poor experiences show: “fire is a primary tactic being used by the state” to demolish the urban poor communities.
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