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Fire sweeps through impoverished Davao City village, destroys 150 houses

August 16, 2019 admin BFP, coastal, Davao City, Fire, Latest News Stories, Regions, urban poor, Village

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:49:21 +0000

DAVAO CITY — A two-hour fire swept through an urban poor community here on Friday (Aug. 16) destroying at least 150 houses. The Bureau of Fire Protection said the fire broke out around 11:20 a.m. on the second floor of a house owned by couple Layla and King Elasio in the coastal village of 23-C Isla Verde. […]

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Duterte says Kadamay members have no manners

July 16, 2019 admin duterte, Kadamay, Latest News Stories, local news, Nation, Philippine news update, urban poor

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 04:32:52 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday evening said members of the urban-poor group Kadamay have “no manners at all.”

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Suspicion over armed gov’t agents sparks people power at Iloilo village

July 7, 2019 admin Army, Barangay, Extrajudicial killing, Human rights, Iloilo, Jaro, Latest News Stories, motorcycles, Regions, urban poor

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2019 12:35:10 +0000

Screenshots of the two men who were accosted and briefly held by officials and residents of Barangay Bito-on in Jaro District in Iloilo City after they went to the house of a leader of a militant urban poor organization (Contributed photos)

Officials and residents of a village here on Sunday (July 4) accosted and briefly detained two armed men believed to be targeting a leader of a militant urban poor organization.

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Arroyo to activate oversight panel on urban poor housing

January 15, 2019 admin Arroyo, committee, housing, latest news, Latest News Stories, Nation, news, oversight committee, oversight panel, Panel, urban poor

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:32:49 +0000

House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will activate a congressional oversight committee to monitor the implementation of a law facilitating urban poor housing.

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NHA told: Work double time to re-award idle gov’t housing units to poor

June 14, 2018 admin AFP, government projects, housing unit, Kadamay, Latest News Stories, Nation, NHA, PNP, urban poor

The National Housing Authority (NHA) should work double time in awarding the idle housing units of uniformed personnel to poor families, Negros Occidental 3rd District Rep. Albee Benitez said Thursday.

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