Tag: urban poor

President Duterte wants 2009 CNN Hero of the Year, Efren Peñaflorida, to be the new PCUP chair

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is looking for 2009 CNN Hero of the Year awardee, Efren Peñaflorida, so he could be the new chair of the Presidential Commission on Urban Poor (PCUP). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque confirmed this, saying special assistant to the President Bong Go had been assigned to find Peñaflorida, known for his “Kariton Klasrum,” through which he helps provide education to street children. Peñaflorida is a teacher from Cavite City […]

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AFP at PNP, may hanggang ika-15 ng Hunyo upang okupahin ang mga pabahay na gawa ng NHA

Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Nagbigay na ng deadline ang National Housing Authority hanggang June 15 ngayong taon sa mga tauhan ng Philippine National Police at Armed Forces of the Philippines para okupahin ang mga nakatiwang-wang na housing units. Ayon kay NHA general manager Marcelino Escalada Jr., kung hindi pa rin maookupahan ang pabahay hanggang sa araw na iyon, posibleng ibigay na lamang ito sa mga kwalipikadong benepisyaryo. Kabilang na rito ang mga public […]

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NHA postpones forcible eviction of KADAMAY members; gives them until May 30 to vacate

  (Eagle News) — The members of the urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap or KADAMAY have until May 30 to prove that they are eligible to receive free housing from the government. If not, they would have to vacate the housing units they occupied that day. This was the result of the dialogue between the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the KADAMAY leaders who were responsible for the illegal occupation of some 5,000 […]

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