By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The Task Force on Urban Conscientization (TFUC) of the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines condemned the recent military harassment on urban poor families residing in its shelter. Last March 26,...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com CORAZON DE JESUS, San Juan City -- Whenever Susana Ybona, 47, wakes up every morning and sees the galvanized iron sheet in front of her home, she quivers at the thought of an impending demolition. "We have been living here for...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"What the local governments have been trying to evict are not only the structures of the people's homes but the people's very life and dignity." – Promotion of Church People's Response
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"Residents are being forced to relocate where jobs, electricity and water are scarce. Demolitions and forced evictions automatically translate to workers having to leave their sources of income and children would have to stop from going to school." Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Luz Ilagan
Video: San Juan residents defend their homes, foil another demolition attempt
A snake effigy of the Estradas -- Ex-President Joseph Estrada, Congressman JV Ejercito and Mayor Guia Gomez -- was burned by residents of Brgy. Corazon De Jesus in San Juan City, as a sign of their anger at the Estrada family for ordering the demolition. (Photos by GREGORIO B. DANTES JR. and JANESS ANN J. ELLAO / Bulatlat.com)
News Release 24 February 2011 Militant umbrella organization, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-National Capital Region (Bayan-NCR) today said that issues of joblessness, homelessness and social injustices in the country will remain unresolved unless President Benigno...
MANILA -- Residents of Brgy. Corazon de Jesus in San Juan and their supporters marched to Don Chino Roces Bridge in Manila on January 28, to protest the violent demolition of their community on January 25 and to challenge President Benigno Aquino III to conduct a swift investigation. (Photo by Tudla Productions / bulatlat.com)
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