How fair is social justice

By Aven Piramide | April 20, 2014 - 12:00am

The first formulation on social justice was put to print more than seventy years ago.

Freeman Opinion

A relocation site, a seed of tranquility

By Aven Piramide | March 30, 2014 - 12:00am

I received from sources not quite removed from some of the settlers of Sitio San Miguel Barangay Apas, this city, whose houses have either been voluntarily dismantled by the homeowners themselves or demolished pursuant...

Freeman Opinion

There is a new challenge of the city

By Aven Piramide | March 9, 2014 - 12:00am

Every now and then, we hear about something's going worse before it gets better. When I first came across this statement,

Freeman Opinion

For Mahiga Creek settlers, City gov’t sets conflict meeting

By Jessa Agua | October 4, 2013 - 12:00am

In order to address clearing operations to make way for projects in improving waterways in the city, a series of meetings with affected settlers and stakeholders near Mahiga Creek will start on Monday.

Cebu News

After removing the illegal structures, what?

By Aven Piramide | September 29, 2013 - 12:00am

We recently read from newspaper accounts that the city served notices to the people who have occupied the banks of the Mahiga River for them to vacate the area. The reports mentioned the dismissal by the court of...

Freeman Opinion

Metro Manila needs a face-lift

By Karla Crisle Dumandal, UP | July 29, 2013 - 12:00am

Metro Manila is a nightmare for urban planners.

Letters to the Editor

Informal settlers to dialogue with QC officials

By Dennis Carcamo | July 15, 2013 - 9:56am

A non-government organization on Monday will ask the Quezon City government to sit down with officials to discuss the relocation of informal settlers.

Nation

2 hurt as Valenzuela demolition turns violent

By Ramil Bajo | July 5, 2013 - 12:00am

Two persons were hurt and another was arrested when a demolition team and the police clashed with informal settlers near a subdivision in Barangay Bignay, Valenzuela City yesterday morning.

Metro

Squatters form human barricade along Quezon Avenue

By Dennis Carcamo | July 1, 2013 - 8:40am

Informal settlers on Monday formed a human barricade at the corner of Quezon Avenue and Agham Road in Quezon City, causing a traffic jam in the area.

Nation

Informal settlers to continue getting CCT benefits

By Rainier Allan Ronda | June 28, 2013 - 12:00am

Informal settlers who are beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program – and slated to be relocated with the clearing of esteros to ease flooding in Metro Manila – need not worry about...

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