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Police and snipers have been sent by the San Juan City government to help in the demolition of an estimated 800 homes in Barangay Corazon de Jesus. The residents have set up a barricade to try to stop the destruction of their homes today. Follow the live updates here.
By ADELA DEYAEN WAYAS Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY – Cypress Irisan settlers displaced by the demolition implemented by the city government here last November 30 are asking for humanitarian assistance. In an interview, Villanueva Patting, secretary of Irisan Peoples Action against Demolition and for Good Governance (IPADeGG), said the city government should…
Urban Poor Resist Demolition
Ni RICHARD GAPPI Bulatlat.com Kaninang umaga, dinemolish ng pinagsama-samang pwersa ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) at QCPD anti-riot team ang mga naninirahan sa Sitio San Roque, Barangay Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City. Ayon sa mga ginoo’t kagalang-galang, binabawi lamang daw nila ang lupa ng pamahalaan na iligal na inokupahan ng mga nasabing residente. Ilang tanong…
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PRESS RELEASE May 28, 2010 After an attempted dispersal of farmers’ barricade against illegal cutting of coconut trees in Hacienda Yulo, Calamba, Laguna last May 21, farmers are again victims of attempted demolition in Sta. Barbara town, Pangasinan perpetrated by landlord Humberto Solis. About 50 farmer families are members of Anakpawis Partylist and are cultivating…
NEWS RELEASE 21 May 2010 Patuloy ang pag-init ng protesta ng mga residente ng North Triangle, Quezon City kaugnay sa kanilang pagtuligsa sa nakaambang demolisyon bunga ng proyektong QC-Central Business District (QC-CBD). Ilang araw matapos ang pagsasagawa ng simbolikong barikada ng daan-daang residente sa tabing-North EDSA, ang buong kahabaan naman ng Agham Road ang tinayuan…
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…