What was supposed to be a day filled with merrymaking turned into one of the most tragic moments in the lives of thousands of families in San Juan City, after their houses were razed by a monster fire early Tuesday morning.
Former Senator Joey Lina on Thursday said misconceptions arising from the understanding of the Urban Development and Housing Act (UDHA) resulted in the failure to resolve the proliferation of illegal settlers in the country.
Residents of a slum area in Barangay (village) Paso de Blas in Valenzuela City held a fire drill Sunday that taught them what to do in case of fire.
After almost three years of fighting off court orders to demolish the houses they built on a 60-hectare farm along a highway Barangay del Rosario, 23 farming families were finally evicted by the police on Friday.
Las Piñas boasts of its Sagip Ilog program but if you should visit the city, you will see that its canals, creeks and lakes are clogged. The city will suffer from floods if its mayor doesn’t do anything.
MANILA, Philippines — A militant organization has blamed the government’s existing agrarian reform program for a “bloating population” in the cities that allegedly results in “worsening poverty.” Carlito Badion, national vice chairperson of the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap, said that two years after it was signed into law, the “faulty” Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program with [...]
MANILA, Philippines—No more extensions. A police station of the Manila Police District (MPD) has received a final notice from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to vacate the lot it has been occupying for several years to give way to the bureau’s construction of a clearance processing center. MPD Director Chief Superintendent Roberto Rongavilla told [...]
Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said more than half of the demolitions carried out in the city were carried out without notices of hearing to affected residents, a violation of the law protecting the rights of the homeless in this country.
