Urban Slum Areas Thread 2 [Archive]

kiretoce

May 18th, 2009, 04:26 AM

Rampant growth of world's urban slums increasing risk of megadisasters (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-ml-un-disaster-risks,1,7765953.story)

The rampant growth of urban slums around the world and weather extremes linked to climate change have sharply increased the risks from "megadisasters" such as devastating floods and cyclones, a U.N. report said Sunday.

The study — which examines natural disaster trends and strategies to reduce potential catastrophes — also noted that millions of people in rural areas are at higher risk from disasters such as landslides where forests have been stripped away or crippling droughts blamed on shifting rainfall patterns.

Much of nearly 200-page report restates warnings from previous studies about unchecked urban growth and shortsighted rural planning. But it also seeks to sharpen the apparent link between climate change and the severity and frequency of major natural disasters including severe droughts and epic storms.

"Climate change magnifies the interactions between disaster risk and poverty. On the one hand, it magnifies weather-related and climatic hazards. On the other hand, it will decrease the resilience of many poor households and communities to absorb the impact and recover," said the report, which was released in the Gulf nation of Bahrain.

At least 900 million people now live in shantytowns and other makeshift settlements in cities vulnerable to disasters such as cyclones, flooding or earthquakes, the report said. Those populations are growing at a rate of about 25 million a year, it said.

One model predicted many of the more than 19 million people in greater Manila would be swamped by a tsunami hitting the capital of the Philippines.

India, China and other parts of Asia were at a particularly high risk from so-called "megadisasters" such as last year's Cyclone Nargis, which killed an estimated 140,000 people in Myanmar, and the massive quake in China that claimed nearly 90,000 lives and left 5 million people homeless.

"Asia was hit especially hard," said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who was in Bahrain for the release of the report.

He said more than 300 natural disasters around the world last year caused more than $180 billion in damage.

"The linkages between disaster risk, poverty and climate change ... form a particularly tightly interlocked group of global challenges," the report said.

The lead author, Andrew Maskrey, acknowledged it was impossible to halt the migration to cities by people seeking work.

"But there are ways to alleviate the conditions of intense poverty if leaders choose to take the steps," he said. "It's all about whether there is the political will."

Maskrey noted initiatives in several cities, including Bogota, Columbia, and Karachi, Pakistan, to try to improve conditions in squatter settlements and shantytowns.

"There are all these factors coming together: urban poverty, climate change, migration to cities from rural areas," he said. "We're saying: This is bringing about a situation of impending catastrophes, but there's also something we can do about it to lower the risks."

frustratedarchitect

May 18th, 2009, 07:41 AM

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/3145139565_02578d4575.jpg?v=0

Baguio's Favela hill

Sleepwalker

May 18th, 2009, 08:00 AM

The other side of Cebu

...i guess everyone ought to know about the other side of Cebu!!!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3543/3477108319_c2374dd542.jpg?v=0
flickr pic by @Rudi Roels

Planning Democracy

May 20th, 2009, 11:39 AM

meron aqng napuntahan sa may caloocan tabi lang bahay nila sa estero tsaka gawa lang sa plywood bahay nila pero naka flatscreen cla.. ung HDTV pa..... naingit 2loy aq... hahahaha

Anak nang... i-demolish na yung mga barong barong na yan at kunin yung flatscreen tv!! :bash:

808 state

May 20th, 2009, 12:02 PM

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/3145139565_02578d4575.jpg?v=0

Baguio's Favela hill

I see plenty of nice houses atop that mountain.

rdm

May 21st, 2009, 04:44 AM

they just need to paint them and finish them. i feel like a lot of pinoys leave things unfinished. like the "bahala na lang" attitude.

Maxxclip

May 21st, 2009, 04:51 AM

Anak nang... i-demolish na yung mga barong barong na yan at kunin yung flatscreen tv!! :bash:

:lol: pano na yung ref, aircon, washing machine...etc.:lol::crazy:

Maxxclip

May 21st, 2009, 04:52 AM

artistic shot:D from flickr

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/2988541885_80c6a7d220.jpg

adgaps

May 21st, 2009, 06:22 AM

d q po lam ung name nung lugar pero dun un sa may likod ng city hall malapit dun sa health office dun sa may pababa kc ung sa taas ang gaganda nung mga bahay...

ah dun... mukha naman talagang maykaya yung mga tao dun eh... kaso matagal na rin akong hindi nadadaan dun...

michael_ray

May 22nd, 2009, 07:04 PM

;36533674']yan ang pinakamagandang slum shot na nakita ko eh, kuhang kuha malaking angle na parang yung slums talaga ang subject:) ako kasi di naman namamasyal para kumuha ng slum shots so wala akong sarili kong pic ng slums ng Davao

with regards to that CdeO shot, FYI na post na rin nila yan sa thread nila and nirepost ko lang dito since the title asked for slum shots (my intention was to show the typical "slums under bridges" sana di ko na problema if pilit lagyan ng iba ng malisya) :yes:

Typical slum areas under bridges ba kamo? Naway huwag mo rin 'tong lagyan ng malisya. :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/2864865500_cbc7559d17.jpg?v=0
Bankerohan, Davao City

net find: flickr/keith bacongco

jpdm

May 23rd, 2009, 06:35 AM

merong squatter sa Makati, naka aircon pa. almost complete sa appliances. tapos libre pa sila sa kuryente kasi nakaw lang. :) tapos andami pa nilang freebies from the mayor.

:ohno: mukhang ako pa yung less fortunate e. sila puro libre :(

oo nga:lol::lol:

Mga professional squatter siguro mga yan at may kapit sa LGU.

Maxxclip

May 23rd, 2009, 06:54 AM

kiretoce

May 23rd, 2009, 06:55 AM

^^ Onli In Da Pilipins. ;)

jpdm

May 23rd, 2009, 07:52 AM

^^akalain mo!:D may "professional squatter" tayohttp://s2000.com/forums/images/smilies/toothy9.gif...walang-wala sa mga mauunlad na bansa nyan!:D tayo lang meron nyan! (Ms. Balahurang/Nicole - style)

saan ka pa ba makakakita ng isang profession dedicated sa pagiging "slum":D Mmmmm...i wonder kung anong school ang nag-ooffer ng ganitong propesyon:crazy: (Mr. Balasubas/Cristsuper style)

Maraming ganyan.

Bigyan ng relocation site ng government tpos ipapaupa o ibebenta yung rights..tapos balik squatter sa maynila uli..

Eureka! may sukli pa sila sa pagbenta ng rights..at mahihintay uli ng bagong relocation sites o aangkinin ng mga public or private properties hanggang sa mabigyan ng magandang bahay...(ex. UP Diliman, PNR ROW at Taguig..masyadong abusado na!!!)

For the meantime, mag-aanak ng marami yan para dumami sila sa lugar kung saan sila mag-squat..

then dadami ang bibigyan ng lote ng government...
easy money...

habang mga ordinaryong tao na nagpapakapagod para makabili ng sariling bahay doble kayod...

kung ako ang presidente ng bansa...

babagsakan ko nalang ng agent orange yung lgar ng mga professional squatter para mawala na sa mundong ito mga bwisit na linta na yan!!!:bash::bash::bash:

WawaY[625]

May 23rd, 2009, 08:17 AM

Typical slum areas under bridges ba kamo? Naway huwag mo rin 'tong lagyan ng malisya. :)

Bankerohan, Davao City

net find: flickr/keith bacongco

Hey thanks for the pic :) akala ko kasi wala na sila dun, meron pa pala..

here are more urban slums, akala natin minsan sa Metro Manila lang ang problema, pati pala sa probinsya meron din noh? gaya sa ilalim ng bankerohan bridge

Mindanao Slums

Davao

http://cdn.wn.com/o25/ph//2008/12/20/772a2b6b81c5b2538d653d15e3564937-grande.jpg

http://cdn.wn.com/o25/ph//2009/01/02/e0a53b61beabbfaa399b2e06a468e4b8-grande.jpg
Zamboanga

http://fotosa.ru/stock_photo/Look-Foto/p_2822593.jpg

Cagayan de Oro

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2175/2247237681_ece92ba826.jpg?v=0

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1889/cdeo.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cdeo.jpg)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/omsel/2248083420/in/set-72157603866290887/

Maxxclip

May 23rd, 2009, 08:32 AM

^^hindi kaya ng isang ordinaryong "pampaganda" lang yan:) kailangan nyan e isang cosmetic surgeon tulad ni Dra. Belohttp://s2000.com/forums/images/smilies/toothy9.gif

tulad ng isang masamang damo, hindi kaya yan ng basta i-trim-trim lang, dapat yung mismong ugat ang binubunot at nilalagyan ng "gamot"http://s2000.com/forums/images/smilies/blob8.gif

The Vow

May 23rd, 2009, 09:45 AM

^^ Onli In Da Pilipins. ;)

I disagree
That's a global problem

Maxxclip

May 23rd, 2009, 09:49 AM

^^i think he's referring to "Professional Slum" term which only exist here in the Philippines, I presume:D

The Vow

May 23rd, 2009, 09:50 AM

michael_ray

May 23rd, 2009, 05:34 PM

;37114812']Hey thanks for the pic :) akala ko kasi wala na sila dun, meron pa pala..

here are more urban slums, akala natin minsan sa Metro Manila lang ang problema, pati pala sa probinsya meron din noh? gaya sa ilalim ng bankerohan bridge

Mindanao Slums

Davao

http://cdn.wn.com/o25/ph//2008/12/20/772a2b6b81c5b2538d653d15e3564937-grande.jpg

http://cdn.wn.com/o25/ph//2009/01/02/e0a53b61beabbfaa399b2e06a468e4b8-grande.jpg
Zamboanga

http://fotosa.ru/stock_photo/Look-Foto/p_2822593.jpg

Cagayan de Oro

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2175/2247237681_ece92ba826.jpg?v=0

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1889/cdeo.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cdeo.jpg)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/omsel/2248083420/in/set-72157603866290887/

Heto pa...
Davao City coastline on a day trip to Samal Island. :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/3410542085_e881d3b476.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/3410542795_b05e49a6c7.jpg?v=0

by: flickr/tom1941

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/243830622_30461f1741.jpg?v=0

by: flickr/tiffanykyer

WawaY[625]

May 23rd, 2009, 05:47 PM

^^in fairness malinis tignan yung slum sa last pic :D

michael_ray

May 23rd, 2009, 06:14 PM

Pero yung mga bahay parang dinaanan ng anim na magkakasunod na bagyo. :)

WawaY[625]

May 23rd, 2009, 06:21 PM

^^ slum nga eh :poke: so expected na yan :wave:

more Davao Slum
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitoy/
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2829521253_e187df9834.jpg?v=0

Motorized banca plying across Davao River -- from SIR Matina village to Magallanes Street -- in Davao City. It is the shortest and cheapest route at P2 for those who are living at the SIR Matina village, known for cheap boarding houses, dormitory and bachelor's pads, and working in the downtown area. It takes less than five minutes to cross the river while it takes more than 10 minutes at peak hours to downtown are via Bankerohan Bridge. Keith Bacongco / AKP Images

michael_ray

May 23rd, 2009, 06:34 PM

Parang exag naman kasi yung pangalawang bahay from left. Ilang degree angle ba yan... Parang squatter version ng Leaning Tower of Pisa. Bahay pa ba yan or puro GI sheet nalang?

FrancisXavier

May 23rd, 2009, 06:41 PM

;37131936']^^ slum nga eh :poke: so expected na yan :wave:

more Davao Slum
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitoy/
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2829521253_e187df9834.jpg?v=0

this one looks like the one in CDO river near the river mouth.. wala nga lang ganyang klaseng transpo dun..

WawaY[625]

May 23rd, 2009, 06:47 PM

^^ sa Bangkerohan area yan lew, sayang ang river oi, imbes na maging park ang riverbank eh naging suatters colony :dunno:

Parang exag naman kasi yung pangalawang bahay from left. Ilang degree angle ba yan... Parang squatter version ng Leaning Tower of Pisa. Bahay pa ba yan or puro GI sheet nalang?

:poke::poke: slum nga eh so expect the unexpected, kung may multi level shanties meron din parang yero at stick lang :poke: :poke:

pasalamat na lang tayo at matino ang mga tirahan natin :yes:

johnmizer

May 24th, 2009, 04:46 AM

ito, bakit may nakikita akong naka PS2 sa mga slum, at merun pa silang LCD na mas malaki at siguradong mas mahal sa CRT ko. bakit ganun

jpdm

May 25th, 2009, 02:50 AM

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/3410542795_b05e49a6c7.jpg?v=0

by: flickr/tom1941

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/243830622_30461f1741.jpg?v=0

by: flickr/tiffanykyer

Gosh!:lol::nuts:

jhunix

May 25th, 2009, 11:03 PM

^^^ ito po yung action ng City of Davao

Relocation site in Tugbok ready in June
Monday, May 25, 2009

THE model relocation site in Los Amigos is almost complete.

City Administrator Wendel Avisado said they are fast-tracking works in order to finish the relocation site by the last week of June.

"We are really aiming to have it finished in due time so that the mayor can start awarding the lots to the beneficiaries," Avisado said.

He said the road network and drainage system have been completed, and right now they are working to have power and water connections for the area.

"We are also using a new technology that allows the use of bricks for the homes," Avisado said.

The 23-hectare Los Amigos relocation site is a pet project of the City Government.

With the well-paved road and other amenities, the Los Amigos relocation site will be the first-ever "Class A" site that is comparable to other subdivisions.

About 1,200 housing units in the area will be complemented with a paved road, electricity, water supply, basketball court and other amenities, and even a commercial area where residents could do business. (GLP)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/relocation-site-tugbok-ready-june

:cheers::cheers::cheers:

dinabaw

May 26th, 2009, 05:17 AM

^^ to butress that news

A little background of Davao's Ordinance 0154-07 or Comprehensive Urban...

The Comprehensive Shelter Code of Davao City

The Comprehensive Shelter Code of Davao City, better known as City Ordinance 0154-07 or Comprehensive Urban was signed into law by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on November 12, 2007.

Meanwhile, Cabling said that with the passage of the Shelter Code, the housing concern of Davao can now be properly acted on as it will ensure a continuing shelter program of the city.

Although he said the housing concern will be addressed in accordance to available resources saying that if there will be projects these will have a corresponding need for funding.

“We need to have funds to attend to the problem especially of the urban poor,” he said.

Cabling said there is a need to maximize use of existing relocation sites of the city where the informal sectors could resettle.

In an earlier report, Cabling said the city’s backlog has gone up to 109,000 units (projection) but with the 20 percent allocation out of the developers’ investment to the urban poor, the concern can be initially addressed.

He said this scheme is a shift to the old practice of credit buying among property developers with projects in Davao City.

“Instead of putting in projects for the urban poor in the city like development of high end properties, subdivision developers have opted to do it somewhere else,” he said.

He said they had corrected the practice by allowing them to use their permits only when the developer could come up with a project for the urban poor and this could either be raw land, other infrastructure or money that are stipulated in a memorandum of agreement with the city government.

the Tugbok model will surely entice informal settlers to relocate ... this is another feat for Davao instead of making the poor settlers fight out against local government from eviction now it can be settled in a peaceful way.

:cheers:

dinabaw

May 26th, 2009, 05:22 AM

Heto pa...
Davao City coastline on a day trip to Samal Island. :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/3410542085_e881d3b476.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/3410542795_b05e49a6c7.jpg?v=0

by: flickr/tom1941

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/243830622_30461f1741.jpg?v=0

by: flickr/tiffanykyer

;37131936']^^ slum nga eh :poke: so expected na yan :wave:

more Davao Slum
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitoy/
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2829521253_e187df9834.jpg?v=0

in fairness naman sa slums(philippine problem) sa Davao walang basura... walang nag lilitawan na plastics!:cheers:

Peng Hok

May 26th, 2009, 05:51 AM

^^
Like this?

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1889/cdeo.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cdeo.jpg)

:dunno:

jhunix

May 26th, 2009, 07:15 AM

^^^ city ordinance pala ng davao yung 20% allocation from the developer. kaya pala nag donate ng 20 hectars ang alcantara developer ng North Crest sa city govt sa may bunawan yung lupa.

zeos

May 26th, 2009, 01:39 PM

^^

actually, the city of davao is just complying with Batas Pambansa 220, it does not cover davao city alone, it covers the entire philippines.

IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS TO GOVERN SECTION 18 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ACT OF 1992

SECTION 3. Mode of Compliance.

(a) For main subdivision projects which are limited to the sale of lots only;

(1) Land equivalent to twenty percent (20%) of the total area of the main subdivision project shall be developed for socialized housing; or

(2) a socialized housing project equivalent to twenty percent (20%) of the main subdivision total project cost

(b)For main subdivision projects which consist of the sale of house and lot packages:

(1) Land equivalent to twenty percent (20%) of the total area of the main subdivision project shall be developed and housing units equivalent to twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate floor area of all housing units of the main subdivision project shall be constructed; or

(2) A socialized housing project equivalent to twenty percent (20%) of the main subdivision total project cost The Board shall formulate a conversion ratio to translate housing area to land area or vice versa using as basis the cost of producing one square meter of floor area against the cost of developing one square meter of raw land.

(c) For residential condominium project equivalent to 20% of the total condominium project cost.

(d) The socialized housing project equivalent to twenty percent (20%) of total subdivision project cost may also be complied with in any of the following manner feasible in the municipality or city

(1) New Settlement. Development of an entire new settlement or a portion thereof as certified by the appropriate national agency or by the local government unit concerned.

(2) Slum Upgrading (APDs, ZIPs, SIRs).Development, upgrading and improvement of a slum or blighted area to be certified by the National Housing Authority or the local government unit concerned.

(3) Community Mortgage Program (CMP).The developer shall finance the acquisition, development and subdivision of an identified CMP project duly accredited by NHMFC.

(4) Joint-Venture Projects. The Developer may enter into a joint project or agreement with the concerned local government unit or any of the housing agencies to develop a socialized housing project. His participation shall be equivalent to 20% of project area or 20% of the cost of the main subdivision project. The developer shall abide by the implementing guidelines on joint-venture programs of the local government units concerned or any of the housing agencies who shall in turn certify the developer's compliance to the 20% requirement.

(e) Developers in metropolitan areas may undertake a large socialized housing project in advance in order to build up a credit balance against which future main subdivision projects can draw their 20% requirements.

BP 220 (http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:o2bkiul_luYJ:www.gov.ph/laws/ra7279_rules_regulation.pdf+batas+pambansa+220&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ph)

zeos

May 26th, 2009, 01:50 PM

^^^ city ordinance pala ng davao yung 20% allocation from the developer. kaya pala nag donate ng 20 hectars ang alcantara developer ng North Crest sa city govt sa may bunawan yung lupa.

similar developments has been adapted outside davao city.

Developer donates P440T to National Housing Authority
Updated December 23, 2008 12:00 AM

CEBU – In adherence to corporate social responsibility, a home developer donated P440,000 cash to the National Housing Authority to finance around 60 houses of the said agency’s socialized housing project in Dumaguete City.

Through a memorandum of agreement with the NHA, Prime Homes Development Corporation demonstrated its support to the agency’s projects and developments.

Benedict Que, president of Prime Homes signed the MOA with Engr. Gavino Figuracion, manager of NHA in Central Visayas, at the Prime Homes office in Gorordo Avenue recently.

“It is our social responsibility, mandated by law, to give 20 percent from our projects to the socialized housing projects of the NHA. Since we don’t have lands, we might as well buy participation in NHA,” Rey Alfonso Aguilar, general manager of Prime Homes, said.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleid=426214

michael_ray

May 26th, 2009, 06:19 PM

in fairness naman sa slums(philippine problem) sa Davao walang basura... walang nag lilitawan na plastics!:cheers:

Nonetheless, squatter pa rin. :)

WawaY[625]

May 26th, 2009, 06:23 PM

^^
Like this?
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1889/cdeo.jpg

:dunno:

que horror! :ohno:

michael_ray

May 26th, 2009, 06:27 PM

^^
Like this?

:dunno:

Mas marumi pa nito ang ugali ng ibang tao dito.... Matanda na nga, masama pa ang ugali. :)

michael_ray

May 26th, 2009, 06:43 PM

WawaY[625]

May 26th, 2009, 06:48 PM

Mas marumi pa nito ang ugali ng ibang tao dito.... Matanda na nga, masama pa ang ugali. :)

ay totoo yan, pero that doesnt make the picture any cleaner :lol:

Ouch, now I know. Thanks!

naku, ang totoon issue dyan eh bakit ang ibang lugar di kayang ipatupad yan? :ohno:

michael_ray

May 26th, 2009, 06:57 PM

;37281128']ay totoo yan, pero that doesnt make the picture any cleaner :lol:
Mas madaling linisin ang tubig kaysa taong may problema sa growth and development. :)

;37281128']naku, ang totoon issue dyan eh bakit ang ibang lugar di kayang ipatupad yan? :ohno:
Why don't you name the place? I dare you. Just make sure that it will be a well substantiated post. :)

WawaY[625]

May 26th, 2009, 07:02 PM

^^ alin? yung di kaya ipatupad ang batas na yan? marami naman siguro, im really not sure which places pero if napatupad na yan sa maraming lugar then di sana masyado problema ang pabahay sa mahihirap :)

Saan mga lugar sa alam mo na pinatupad yan batas na yan? :) for davao, im quite dissapointed imo na matagal na palang batas eh ngayon lang inactionan ng LGU namin :(
matanong nga kita mike, sa CdeO pinatupad na ba yan?
Mas madaling linisin ang tubig kaysa taong may problema sa growth and development

ay tama ka, kaya nga parang anhirap intindihin bat nahahayaan ang mga ganyan kaduming pangitain eh madali lang naman sana linisin diba? ;)

michael_ray

May 26th, 2009, 07:28 PM

;37281790']^^ alin? yung di kaya ipatupad ang batas na yan? marami naman siguro, im really not sure which places pero if napatupad na yan sa maraming lugar then di sana masyado problema ang pabahay sa mahihirap :)

Saan mga lugar sa alam mo na pinatupad yan batas na yan? :) for davao, im quite dissapointed imo na matagal na palang batas eh ngayon lang inactionan ng LGU namin :(
matanong nga kita mike, sa CdeO pinatupad na ba yan?
I don't know. I don't want to post something that I can't substantiate. :)

;37281790']ay tama ka, kaya nga parang anhirap intindihin bat nahahayaan ang mga ganyan kaduming pangitain eh madali lang naman sana linisin diba? ;)
Sing pabaya lang siguro sa mga taong hindi kayang pangalagaan ang kanilang kredibilidad bilang SANDIGAN NG KATOTOHANAN. :)

WawaY[625]

May 26th, 2009, 07:34 PM

hmmm I suggest you keep the discussion within topic though kanina ka pa laging nag aatempt na i derail ang thread (by veering away from the topic of slums and into mga kung ano anong ugali na yan na gusto mong i discuss) eh baka masita tayo ng mods :)

dinabaw

May 26th, 2009, 07:37 PM

jhunix

May 26th, 2009, 07:44 PM

^^^
Matagal na pala yang 20% allocation from the developer. Siguro at that time wala pang enough money ang davao to build class A relocation site. Now, with the approved ordinance known as The Comprehensive Shelter Code of Davao City may annual budget na to develop the donated raw lands from subdivision developers.

dinabaw

May 26th, 2009, 08:02 PM

^^ mind you the subdivision is already complete... kung nabasa nimo tung recent loan nila na 3 billion(?) sa DBP the urban poor settlement is again allocated there. The project not only concern LGU but also NGO's who's dedicated in helping build urban poor settlements tulad ng couples for christ, Gawad Kalinga etc.

dinabaw

May 27th, 2009, 05:01 AM

Commentary
Good news from Davao

By Junefe Gilig Payot
Inquirer
First Posted 03:35:00 12/16/2007

Filed Under: Housing & Urban Planning, Good news, Makati Standoff, Poverty

MANILA, Philippines--THE PAST months have seen nothing but horrible news for the country--most of which can be traced back to the Palace by the Pasig River. Indeed, the stink of the latter is matched only by the stink of corruption and human rights violations wafting from the former.

But while people are still hoping to revive the river, they see Malacañang, with its present occupant, as a place beyond redemption. So much so that many of them waited in "hopeful' anticipation of the outcome of Sen. Antionio Trillanes IV's latest caper. (I was in class when it happened and so I conducted an instant poll among my students. Only two were against what Trillanes was doing.)

Somehow, this made me think that if one is looking for good news--or for even the faintest sign that this country is not entirely hopeless--he or she should look outside Metro Manila. For many of us, this means checking out the Across the Nation section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Last Dec. 4, the section carried a report about what seems to be a first-ever-in-the-Philippines which, to me, was one of the best news events to recently happen in the country: the approval of the Comprehensive Urban Shelter and Services Development Code of Davao City.

Although many civil society groups in the city are ambivalent about Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's unorthodox style, they are one in praising his signing of this new shelter code for the city. I think he will be remembered positively for this very progressive piece of legislation.

One of the most significant provisions in the new code is the requirement that housing developers in the city set aside for the urban poor 20 percent of their project costs which may be in the form of land. Already, several housing developers have complied with this requirement. Alsons Development and Investment Corp. has set aside 20 hectares while Robinsons Development Corp., which is developing a high-end subdivision has also donated 15 hectares.

Dam Vertido, one of the long-time social development practitioners in the city, was quoted in the Inquirer article as saying that the new housing policy would help address the growing problem of urban poor housing in the city. One of the people's organizations (PO) leaders in the city was also quoted in Sun Star Davao as saying, "Lipay kaayo mi nga wala na siya na-veto. Gi-review gyud sa mga konsehal. Sa nine months nga among hulat-hulat, na-approve ra gyud (We are very happy it was not vetoed again. The councilors reviewed it carefully. After nine months of waiting, it was finally approved).'

I was also very happy to hear this piece of good news because I have done two housing and urban development-related researches in the city and I have become friends not only with the NGO and PO leaders who have been pushing for such a progressive shelter code, but also with mothers whose families stand to benefit tremendously from it.

The first research was on the successful initiatives of POs and NGOs in providing shelter for the city's urban poor. One of the successful projects I documented is in Barangay Ma-a where informal settlers live in the shadow of posh villages. It became famous recently as the barangay where a 12-year-old girl named Mariannet Amper committed suicide because of her family's extreme poverty.

(The city authorities are now investigating if foul play attended her death. But whatever the cause of her death, let it be said that I have seen with my own eyes the poverty in Ma-a. It is no exaggeration to say that people there are dying, maybe not as dramatically as Mariannet died but just as tragically. And this tragedy is being played out daily in many slum areas throughout the country.)

The first research also showed that if given financial, technical and moral support, the poor would be willing and able to work hard toward providing themselves with shelter. Mind you, they do not want doles. In fact, the research showed that the repayment rates for land acquisition loans were quite high. Still, such successful housing projects need to be scaled up to make a significant dent on the growing housing problem in the city. I believe that the new shelter code will help achieve this, especially now that land is being set aside for the urban poor as a matter of course.

The second study was a city process-mapping research which I did with my mentor at the Institute of Housing and Development Studies or IHS in the Netherlands. (The research is part of a book which was launched at the World Urban Forum in Vancouver. You may check it online through the IHS website: www.ihs.nl.) The study showed that there was little collaboration between civil society groups in Davao City and the city government. It therefore recommended that they work more closely together.

Claudio Acioly, my research partner-mentor, personally encouraged urban development practitioners in the city to work together and engage the city government productively, instead of working in isolation on their individual projects. I would like to think that the new shelter code is one of the fruits of such a productive engagement and I hope that it will lead to more collaboration among the various stakeholders in the city, especially because one of the provisions in the code is the creation of a Local Housing Board, a "multi-stakeholder' body that will formulate urban development and housing policies for the city.

As I have said, this is good news not only for Davao City but also for the whole country. The latest count shows that there are 136 cities in the country which are also struggling with housing shortage and other problems that come with urban development. As one of the biggest cities in the country, Davao City is looked up to by other cities as a model of development. Thus, it is hoped that other cities will follow Davao City's example.

Malacañang may be hopeless, but the country is not. Davao City has given us reason to somehow feel that this is truly a season of hope.

Inquirer.net (http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20071216-107127/Good_news_from_Davao)

Maxxclip

May 27th, 2009, 05:13 AM

^^i agree:D it's a time of hope when you light a HOPE in your heart and in your mind...

Enjoy the season of HOPE:Dtoinkhttp://s2000.com/forums/images/smilies/toothy9.giftoink

The Vow

May 27th, 2009, 06:00 AM

Nonetheless, squatter pa rin. :)

about attitude, character etc. Tingin muna sa sarili, examine your previous post

dinabaw

May 27th, 2009, 06:24 AM

^^ hayaan mo na yan hindi naman alam ang effects ng BASURA sa whole community hindi lang sa mga squatter...di pa ata sila nadala.

michael_ray

May 27th, 2009, 07:28 AM

;37283362']hmmm I suggest you keep the discussion within topic though kanina ka pa laging nag aatempt na i derail ang thread (by veering away from the topic of slums and into mga kung ano anong ugali na yan na gusto mong i discuss) eh baka masita tayo ng mods :)

I suggest that you stop posting negative pictures about my hometown if you don't want me to do the same thing. This thread has never been part of my interest until someone told me that a black propaganda is happening here against Cagayan de Oro. And don't fool with me with a lame excuse that you just used that picture because you want to exhibit the scenario of Philippine squatters living under the bridge. Like what you said before, that excuse is so.... CLASSIC. I don't think anyone of us here is proud of slum areas in their respective cities. If you do, then use your own city as your subject...

michael_ray

May 27th, 2009, 07:35 AM

about attitude, character etc. Tingin muna sa sarili, examine your previous post

^^ hayaan mo na yan hindi naman alam ang effects ng BASURA sa whole community hindi lang sa mga squatter...di pa ata sila nadala.

I have anticipated this kind of rebuttal. Yes, I am bad. But dude, how can I get rid of being bad if the older ones here can't even set a good example. :)

dinabaw

May 27th, 2009, 07:42 AM

^^ I dunno why a place without BASURA is not setting a good example? maybe the problem you take it personally... stick to the topic.

michael_ray

May 27th, 2009, 08:02 AM

^^ I dunno why a place without BASURA is not setting an example? maybe the problem you take it personally... stick to the topic.

I don't get this. Are you saying that you've been setting a good example because your place is basura free? Hah, check NCCC village. I was just there recently. Nagkalat po ang basura, plastic caps sa may basketball court.

Taking things personally... Ayokong magkunwari. With Waway's post, I took it personally. He provoked me to post pictures of Davao Slum Areas. But as if I am just the only one who's guilty of taking things personally. As if ang iba dito hindi. Naku, panay nga ang ang pagpaparinig sa mga threads nila. People here are good enough with REACTION FORMATION.

Sorry mods for the OT.

dinabaw

May 27th, 2009, 08:15 AM

^^ you see you're deviating the topic ... i guess you should just stick sa pinag-uusapan dito .. you bring out the davao photos i commented on it.

So kailan yang recent mo? did you know magkano ang penalization ng barangay dito with-out properly disposing garbage? kung nakita mo man yun basura malamang hindi inabot n isang linggo ...kasi tao dito magrereklamo even the slightest odor di yan puede dito!Sige ill give you the benefit of a doubt itumbok mo lang saang area ng NCCC village at kukunana ko na latest photo? pag tama ka saludo ako sa iyo.. pero pag mali ka dapat mag sorry ka sa pagkakamali mo ? usapan lalaki michael ?

Maxxclip

May 27th, 2009, 08:18 AM

"The chief cause of problems is solutions."

...

"The affluent society, with relentless single-minded energy, is turning our cities, most of suburbia and most of our roadways into the most affluent slum on earth."

- Sevareid, Eric

WawaY[625]

May 27th, 2009, 08:30 AM

^^ you see your deviating the topic ... i guess you should just stick sa pinag-uusapan dito .. you bring out the davao photos i commented on it.

So kailangan yang recent mo? did you know magkano mag ang penalization ng barangay dito with-out properly disposing garbage? kung nakita mo man yun basura malamang hindi inabot n isang linggo ...kasi tao dito magrereklamo even the slightest odor di yan puede dito!Sige ill give you the benifit of a doubt itumbok mo lang saang area ng NCCC village at kukunana ko na latest photo? pag tama ka saludo ako sa iyo.. pero pag mali ka dapat mag sorry ka sa pagkammali mo ? usapan lalaki michael ?

sige na lang :) ma OT na tayo nyan eh, back to topic na lang

shanties near bankerohan bridge

http://davaotoday.com/main/uploads/2008/06/03/generoso-bridge.jpg

shanty somewhere in davao

http://hftnph.com/files/new%20images%20Oct%2006/slum.jpg

speaking of relocation, I wonder how long before relocation projects like this turn to slums (pag naluma na ang pintura, then may mga sira na and the residents dont have money to repair them)

http://www.makatirotary.org/images/scan0007.jpg

michael_ray

May 27th, 2009, 08:31 AM

^^ you see your deviating the topic ... i guess you should just stick sa pinag-uusapan dito .. you bring out the davao photos i commented on it.

So kailangan yang recent mo? did you know magkano mag ang penalization ng barangay dito with-out properly disposing garbage? kung nakita mo man yun basura malamang hindi inabot n isang linggo ...kasi tao dito magrereklamo even the slightest odor di yan puede dito!Sige ill give you the benifit of a doubt itumbok mo lang saang area ng NCCC village at kukunana ko na latest photo? pag tama ka saludo ako sa iyo.. pero pag mali ka dapat mag sorry ka sa pagkammali mo ? usapan lalaki michael ?

I don't care. All I care is hindi lang ang lugar nyo ang nag-iimpose nyan. Few blocks away from our house is a sign that warns everybody not to throw their garbage anywhere because if they do, they will be penalized. As if you're saying na ang mga taga davao lang ang sensitive sa Odor.... I was in NCCC Village last March 27. Iisa lang naman ang basketball court dyan. At pag wala na doon ang basura, expected na yan. Two months na kaya... :lol:

dinabaw

May 27th, 2009, 08:36 AM

^^yan ang BIG difference sa siyudad niyo at dito kasi pa sinabing penalized ipepenalized talaga dito.

so bakit kung 2 months na ? kung burara talaga sila makikita mo pa rin yung tambakan ng basura di ba? na mangangamoy na! yan sinasabi kung paano properly disposed ang basura. now i know you can't take a challenge pala.

michael_ray

May 27th, 2009, 08:45 AM

^^ so bakit kung 2 months na ? kung burara talaga sila makikita mo pa rin yung tambakan ng basura di ba? na mangangamoy na! yan sinasabi kung paano properly disposed ang basura. now i know you can take a challenge pala.

Dude, I wasn't even refering to the smell, I was just refering to the scenario. Malay ko ba kung ilang araw, weeks, or month na nakabulagta yung basura doon. When I saw it, I said to my self... "Now I know, this place is not an exemption." :)

dinabaw

May 27th, 2009, 09:00 AM

Dude, I wasn't even refering to the smell, I was just refering to the scenario. Malay ko ba kung ilang araw, weeks, or month na nakabulagta yung basura doon. When I saw it, I said to my self... "Now I know, this place is not an exemption." :)

:lol: you mean basura-free is an exemption? kasi your putting words into my mouth ...wala naman talagang basura free in this world now if your referring to my statement "without BASURA is not a good example" i'm reffering sa photos na inilagay mo. ... hanggang gumagalaw ang tao nagcrecreate ng basura it's already given...but properly disposing garbage is another story!kuha michael?:)

dinabaw

May 27th, 2009, 09:10 AM

;37315732']

speaking of relocation, I wonder how long before relocation projects like this turn to slums (pag naluma na ang pintura, then may mga sira na and the residents dont have money to repair them)

http://www.makatirotary.org/images/scan0007.jpg

This is what i'm talking about peopel get complacant kasi hindi naman nila pinaghirapan.... remember condos in tondo? ...the units we're not properly maintained. I hope the owners should take responsiblity... dapat ang gawain ng goberyno inspection every year ang every unit ...so tulad ng na rerent ka ng apartment if you can't pay you get evicted ...sa ganito rin sa kanila instead of paying just maintain it properly and if not their going to be evicted of course imposing gradual penaties ..maybe 3 warning before eviction... marami naman sasalo niyan:)

Sleepwalker

May 27th, 2009, 09:18 AM

^^I agree on this...Bigyan din dapat sila nang kaunting responsibilidad.

sdblackshade

May 27th, 2009, 10:54 AM

This is what i'm talking about peopel get complacant kasi hindi naman nila pinaghirapan.... remember condos in tondo? ...the units we're not properly maintained. I hope the owners should take responsiblity... dapat ang gawain ng goberyno inspection every year ang every unit ...so tulad ng na rerent ka ng apartment if you can't pay you get evicted ...sa ganito rin sa kanila instead of paying just maintain it properly and if not their going to be evicted of course imposing gradual penaties ..maybe 3 warning before eviction... marami naman sasalo niyan:)

I agree. Dapat hindi lang dapat basta magbigay ng pabahay ang gobyerno, kailangan din mabigyan o maturuan sila ng mga guidelines, rules at penalties para hindi rin masayang ang pondong nilaan dyan.

jpdm

May 27th, 2009, 12:05 PM

the Tugbok model will surely entice informal settlers to relocate ... this is another feat for Davao instead of making the poor settlers fight out against local government from eviction now it can be settled in a peaceful way.

:cheers:

:cheers::)

demented_pigeon

May 27th, 2009, 12:07 PM

ito, bakit may nakikita akong naka PS2 sa mga slum, at merun pa silang LCD na mas malaki at siguradong mas mahal sa CRT ko. bakit ganun

It's either they're professional squatters or professionals in something more illegal. Sayang nga lang karamihan sa mga squatter ni pangkain ng 3 beses sa isang araw wala. tsk tsk.

demented_pigeon

May 27th, 2009, 12:10 PM

^^I agree on this...Bigyan din dapat sila nang kaunting responsibilidad.

I agree as well. Syempre kung iskwater ka na walang trabaho maghuhuramentado ka kung bigla na lang wawasakin yung tinitirhan mo tapos hindi ka bibigyan ng malilipatan. Dapat bigyan sila ng tahanan at trabaho para maging produktibong bahagi sila ng lipunan. Kaya nga tayo nagbabayad ng buwis para sa kapakanan ng nakararami at para ilaan sa mga kagaya nilang napagiwanan ng pagasenso.

dinabaw

May 27th, 2009, 12:20 PM

demented_pigeon

May 27th, 2009, 12:25 PM

sabagay kung nakatira ka sa barung barong na kahit aso hindi titira, trato sayo ng ibang tao ay hayop at di kalaunan ganun na rin pagtingin mo sa sarili mo.

zeos

May 27th, 2009, 01:55 PM

^^

actually, the city of davao is just complying with Batas Pambansa 220, it does not cover davao city alone, it covers the entire philippines.

IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS TO GOVERN SECTION 18 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ACT OF 1992

BP 220 (http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:o2bkiul_luYJ:www.gov.ph/laws/ra7279_rules_regulation.pdf+batas+pambansa+220&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ph)

similar developments has been adapted outside davao city.

Developer donates P440T to National Housing Authority
Updated December 23, 2008 12:00 AM

CEBU – In adherence to corporate social responsibility, a home developer donated P440,000 cash to the National Housing Authority to finance around 60 houses of the said agency’s socialized housing project in Dumaguete City.

“It is our social responsibility, mandated by law, to give 20 percent from our projects to the socialized housing projects of the NHA. Since we don’t have lands, we might as well buy participation in NHA,” Rey Alfonso Aguilar, general manager of Prime Homes, said.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleid=426214

Developer commits land for socialized housing

CEBU CITY: A real estate developer has committed up to 13.2 hectares of land for the socialized housing projects of Cebu City with the development of the Villalon property that straddles five barangays in the city.

Genvi Agro-Industrial Development Corp. (Genvi) has informed the Cebu City Council that it allocated some 131,984 square meters of land for the socialized housing component of its upscale development project, the Monterrazas de Cebu.

With this, the Cebu City Council approved a resolution stating, “the allocation of the Genvi properties for economic and socialized housing is deemed irrevocable.”

As specified by the council, the city government will enjoy the exclusive prerogative of identifying the beneficiaries in the marketing and distribution of the lots or dwelling units of the project.

The council also gave Genvi and its partner, Landco Pacific Corp., a maximum period of two years to start the actual development of the socialized housing project.

The socialized housing site will be in Barangays Guada*lupe and Sapangdaku, a mountain barangay in the city’s south district.

In the same resolution, Genvi was asked to develop the socialized housing component according to the development plan approved by city.

Under the Urban Development and Housing Act, residential project developers are required to allot 20 percent of each project’s cost or area to low-cost or socialized housing.

Genvi and Landco have already said last December that the socialized housing project will be implemented alongside their development of the 210-hectare Villalon property in the city.

In a joint venture, Landco and Genvi will develop a property of the Villalons that covers portions of Barangays Guadalupe, Tisa, Labangon, Sapangdaku and Buhisan.

The project will be similar, in nature, to the upscale residential resort projects of Landco Pacific in Luzon.

manila times (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/june/29/yehey/prov/20070629pro3.html)

Yre

May 27th, 2009, 03:44 PM

^^

So how many as of now have complied with this Batas Pambansa 220?

If we're just going to base it on the posts here, it seems only Cebu and Davao has at least implemented it.

demented_pigeon

May 27th, 2009, 04:42 PM

kung 20% ng land or cost ng isang subdivision or residential condominium ay dapat devoted sa socialized housing, BAKIT MARAMI PANG ISKWATER SA MAKATI. LOGICALLY, IT SHOULD BE MAKATI WHICH WOULD HAVE NO INFORMAL SETTLER TO SPEAK OF.

Maxxclip

May 28th, 2009, 02:44 AM

^^ ako naman naniniwala hanggang may paa para lumakad may kamay para magsikap ang isang tao may kapasidad na maging tulong sa bayan.

Kailangan lang ibalik ang dignidad. dignidad nagsisimula sa kanyang pagkatao. ako naniniwala ang dignidad nagmumula sa kanyang pagkatao. maging malinis sa kapiligiran ay isang senyales ng isang marangal at may dignidad sa kanyang sarili.

:okay: dignity dignify personality

according to HUMAN DIGNITY IN BIOETHICS AND BIOLAW, dignified conduct may be said to reflect a dignified character, which may be viewed as the personality to which reason requires human agents to aspire. With this in mind, we might view a dignified character simply as a personality disposed to respect the moral law. Relative to this, dignified conduct is action in accordance with the moral law performed out of commitment to obey the moral law

frustratedarchitect

June 15th, 2009, 05:28 AM

TenemenT Housing in Metro Baguio ( Philex Tuba)

http://www.batangphilexmines.com/photos/capitol02.jpg

http://www.batangphilexmines.com/photos/capitol05.jpg

http://www.batangphilexmines.com/photos/capitol09.jpg

http://www.batangphilexmines.com/photos/easternsaddle02.jpg

Housing in Metro Baguio (Philex Itogon)

http://www.batangphilexmines.com/photos/easternsaddle03.jpg

Not really a slum but an eective way of preventing sprawl

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

June 15th, 2009, 05:37 AM

^^

napansin ko rin mga ganyang view pagpunta namin sa baguio and i do remember it sa mga previous pictures dito. maliban sa mga tenements, may mga bahay kaming nakita sa gilid ng bundok papuntang baguio cathedral. Were those really illegal settlers? talagang hindi sya magandang tignan kasi patong-patong yung mga bahay tapos hindi rin masyadong malinis pagkagawa.

frustratedarchitect

June 15th, 2009, 05:49 AM

http://images.greenbaguio.multiply.com/image/7/photos/33/600x600/2/DSC-1137.JPG?et=0wX2qd2ermUoSptKzOAPXA&nmid=119955455

Session road goes up Baguio cathedral, baka ibang church yun kasi walang bahay around baguio cathedral.:) But yes, yung ibang bahay sa Baguio hindi squatter at gawa sa bato pero pangit talaga tignan parang yung pic sa baba.

http://photos.jpgmag.com/1477649_210438_8cb6b73202_p.jpg

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

June 15th, 2009, 08:18 AM

RonnieR

June 15th, 2009, 12:14 PM

Gov’t takes action vs squatting
GMA creates super body on shelter program
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/206895/gov-t-takes-action-vs-squatting

By GENALYN KABILING
June 14, 2009, 8:37pm

The government is moving to prevent professional squatters and squatting syndicates from benefiting from its housing programs in Metro Manila.

President Arroyo has created a super body to craft a Comprehensive Shelter Program (CSP) for informal settlers affected by government infrastructure projects and people living in areas deemed as danger zones.

Issuing Executive Order No. 803, the President said the Metro Manila Inter-Agency Committee (MMIAC) on Informal Settlers -- chaired by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and co-chaired by the National Housing Authority (NHA) -- must identify qualified informal settlers for the government’s resettlement program with the help of local government units and human rights groups.

The new group was also authorized to set up a trust fund in accordance with the law for the swift and efficient implementation of CSP.

“There is a need to adopt an effective identification and registration process in determining the rightful and qualified beneficiaries of the government’s housing programs as against professional squatters and squatting syndicates,” the order read.

The President said the “nefarious and illegal activities” of professional squatters and squatting syndicates must be effectively curtailed to ensure that only deserving informal settlers are benefited by the government’s housing programs.

The President’s latest directive was also in compliance with Republic Act 7279, or the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992, which declares that the State shall undertake, in cooperation with the private sector, a comprehensive and continuing Urban Development and Housing Program for the marginalized sector, according to Press Secretary Cerge Remonde.

Remonde said the government's shelter program addresses the right to housing of the homeless and underprivileged Filipino people. The government, with the help of local government units and private groups, would ensure proper and humane relocation and resettlement sites, among others, for the informal settlers.

EO 803 noted that part of the government’s Medium Term Development Plan includes the decongestion of Metro Manila by forming new cores of government and housing centers in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

“The magnitude of the problem and the government’s limited resources dictate that priority should be given to the great number of informal settlers affected by the government priority infrastructure projects and those living in, near or along dangerous areas such as riverbanks, esteros, roadways, sidewalks, aqueducts, bridges, garbage dumps, shorelines, and waterways,” the order read.

Based on EO 803 signed last May 21, members of the new committee are the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor, National Anti-Poverty Commission, Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of Interior and Local Government, Office of the President-External Affairs, and Department of Budget and Management.

The President empowered the MMIAC to provide policy directions and guidelines for the smooth and effective implementation of the CSP as well as to seek funds and logistical support from concerned agencies for such purpose.

The new committee can also enter into an agreement with national and local government agencies and private groups for the shelter program for informal settlers.

The President also encouraged the MMIAC to invite the Commission on Human Rights and other civic groups to become members of the committee.

The concerned local government unit shall be invited and entitled to a vote whenever the matter is within its jurisdiction.

The President directed government agencies to cooperate and support the MMIAC in implementing the CSP such as the provision of basic community facilities, including logistics, and conduct of training and development on livelihood and education programs.

carl_vilches21

June 15th, 2009, 01:11 PM

frustratedarchitect

June 16th, 2009, 06:09 AM

^^ yes! that's the one we passed by. papunta ba 'tong st. louis university?

hehehe...sa baguio cathedral talaga pero sa ibang side pala kami dumaan yung daan papuntang st. louis university daw yun kasi dun kami pumusok sa may parking lot ng baguio cathedral so bale hindi kami pumasok sa mismong gate ng simbahan. :D

Actually that pic is taken in the La Trinidad- Baguio boundary, pero going to saint louis university, may mga areas na paong patong din ang bahay, usually mga boarding house yung mga yun.:)

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

June 16th, 2009, 08:49 AM

^^

ah okay! right! so more or less ganun talaga yung napansin ko nung pumunta kami sa bandang st. louis going to baguio cathedral. ;)

RonnieR

July 6th, 2009, 06:52 AM

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=484130&publicationSubCategoryId=65

MMDA hires ex-convicts for Tondominium project
Updated July 06, 2009 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority hired “hoodlums” in Tondo to work as masons, pipemen and carpenters for the agency’s “Tondominium” housing project in Manila, MMDA general manager Robert Nacianceno said yesterday.

Nacianceno said the MMDA’s objective is to help ex-convicts in their quest for a new life. He said they will be given regular salaries and assigned in areas near their homes.

“This is what we call character change – instead of by standing, extort and harass people in their community. Now, they will definitely have their own sources of income through this project that will be their way of changing their lives,” Nacianceno said.

Earlier, MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando vowed to coordinate with Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim to improve, not only the houses of the people of Tondo, but their livelihood and environment as well.

He said their livelihood and housing projects for the poor will not stop in Tondo.

“Tondo will no longer be considered a dangerous place after our project. I am confident that capitalists will be encourage to do business in Tondo once everything is placed in order,” Fernando said. – Jose Rodel Clapano

Maxxclip

July 8th, 2009, 05:59 AM

^^nice:okay:

Sleepwalker

July 13th, 2009, 11:13 AM

Cebu's other side
flickr photo by oscarmachaconjr

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/3712190761_e901c0497d.jpg

Henz

July 15th, 2009, 02:22 PM

kiretoce

August 1st, 2009, 05:55 AM

Slum Tourism (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/travel/09heads.html?_r=1)....what do you think? An outrage, or all-the-rage? :colgate:

RonnieR

August 11th, 2009, 05:57 PM

Ito na naman si GMA.. press release ng press release....
According to world bank latest figures.. the country;s poor continue to grow.
Hay naku... :ohno::ohno:

This is not just a press release but there is action. Thanks to BF the man behind this..and of course GMA.

Govt to relocate 5,000 squatter families:cheers:
By Dennis Carcamo (philstar.com) Updated August 11, 2009 04:02 PM

MANILA, Philippines -- The national government has identified at least 5,000 squatter families living along waterways in Metro Manila as initial beneficiaries of a housing program for informal settlers, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Bayani Fernando bared today (Aug. 11).

"We have selected these areas because they are located along the waterways, which are danger zones. Qualified informal settlers here will be given housing benefits based on the guidelines of the Comprehensive Shelter Program," Fernando said in the first organizational meeting of the Metro Manila Inter-Agency Committee on Informal Settlers (MMIAC).

Fernando, also concurrent MMIAC head, said the priority areas are Damayan Lagi , 11th Street, and Sta. Cruz along San Juan River in Quezon City; Barangays 177, 135, 178, 179, 180, 181 and 182, which cover Estero De Tripa De Galina in Pasay City; Old Balara (West and East side) in Commonwealth Avenue; and Masambong and Manresa in Araneta Avenue, also in Quezon City. There are a total of 3,290 families living in these places.

For its part, the National Housing Authority (NHA), under General Manager Federico Laxa who also sits as vice-chairman of MMIAC, also listed Buting, Pasig; Santolan, Mindanao Avenue, Balintawak, Quiapo, Nissan Tatalon, Pasay, Estero de Paco, R-10 Navotas, Market 3 Fishport of Navotas and Sta. Cruz.

Around 2,164 families live in these communities, according to the NHA.

Last May 21, President Arroyo signed Executive Order No. 803, formally creating MMIAC, which is mandated to "plan, coordinate and implement, in coordination with concerned government agencies, a comprehensive shelter program for informal settlers affected by government priority infrastructure projects and those living in danger areas within Metro Manila."

MMIAC records show that there are 544,609 squatter families in Metro Manila, 73.29 percent or 399,110 of which are illegally occupying private and government-owned lands.

Another 6.46 percent or 35,198 are in areas affected by government priority projects, while 19.83 percent or 107,997 are living in danger zones, including along creek
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=495082&publicationSubCategoryId=200

RonnieR

August 12th, 2009, 10:06 AM

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GINA LOPEZ is on top of Kapit Bisig Para sa Pasig, the mother of all Pasig River cleanups. For starters, Gina starts small—Estero de Paco, a 3-km stretch of stench from under Quirino Bridge to the Pasig. “Really bad, smelly,” says Gina at the site on Friday. “People tell me if I can clean Estero de Paco, I can clean anything.” EDWIN BACASMAS

On the right track...

Marathon advocates bid to clean up Pasig River PDF
http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/sports/14454-marathon-advocates-bid-to-clean-up-pasig-river.html
Tuesday, 11 August 2009 21:44

The Philippine International Marathon, which aims to help the program to rehabilitate the Pasig River, will be staged on November 8 in a course starting and ending at the Quirino Grandstand.

The marathon will cover the major streets of Metro Manila and will pass through eight bridges, including Del Pan, Jones, MacArthur, Ayala and Makati-Mandaluyong.

The 42-km race dubbed “A Run for the Pasig River” and open to all runners, young and old, amateur and elite, is being organized by the ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. under Gina Lopez.

The program, a continuation of the “Piso Para Sa Pasig” of former First Lady Amelita “Ming” Ramos, was launched in February and so far, 200 families living along the river have been relocated to Calauan in Laguna.

Lopez graced Tuesday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum at Shakey’s United Nations Avenue. She gave a touching and detailed audio-visual presentation of the current state of the Pasig River, and the gains of the program—the “Kapit Bisig Para Sa Ilog Pasig.”

Lopez said through the marathon, they hope to raise funds to relocate the remaining 800 families, including young children, occupying the river bank, under the unimaginable living conditions. Entry fee is P250.

“These bridges will highlight the state of the Pasig River. It’s like our blood vessel system. And if it’s dirty, then you get sick. If we can clean up the Pasig, then we can send a message to everyone,” said Lopez.

Rehabilitation started at the Estero de Paco where the bacteria level is unbelievably a million times beyond the normal level. Lopez compared Estero de Paco with “an open sewer.” She said they also hope to fund the relocation area in Calauan where they plan to provide livelihood to the families, and decent education for the children to make sure they don’t return to the riverbanks.

Race director Rudy Biscocho said they are expecting 20,000 participants vying for honors and prizes in the marathon (individual and relay), 3K, 5K and 10K runs. Cash prizes will be in store for the top 10 finishers in the full marathon.

“This is a seven-year plan and if we can clean Estero de Paco, we can clean anything. This is not just another run because we’re running for a reason. Each step is a step of hope, faith, conviction and love,” Lopez said.
IN PHOTO -- ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. head Gina Lopez explains the purpose of the marathon. ROY'

Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim has promised to establish pathways and mini-parks along the stretch of the Estero de Paco once the cleanup is completed.

RonnieR

August 26th, 2009, 05:58 AM

Wednesday, August 26, 2009
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/aug/26/yehey/top_stories/20090826top9.html

FEATURE

Informal settlers hope for better life in Rizal

By Ira Karen Apanay, Senior Reporter

Veron Alpapara, 62, used to wake up in the morning in her shanty built along the embankment of Pasig River in Punta, Santa Ana, Manila.Alpapara said that she, her family and her neighbors were content about living there because of their proximity to their workplace, markets and malls.

But their dwellings were small, the neighbor*hood congested, and at times the river emits a foul odor, she said as she described her previous life on the riverbank at Punta.

Plus, she added that the children in the neighborhood were always sick.

In 1997, the government started to talk to informal settlers about relocation, and Alpapara was one of the community leaders who opposed the move. She spent 10 years fighting to be allowed to remain at the bank of Pasig River, clinging to the idea that life there was still somehow better.

Alpapara, the former president of Ugnayan Lakas ng mga Apektado sa Baybaying Ilog Pasig (ULAP) from 1998 to 2007, said she remembered being featured on television, often yelling and fighting those trying to evict them. She laughed as she told stories about those times.

Clean-up drive

In the end, Alpapara and the other informal settlers were convinced by the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) to relocate to Rodriguez, Rizal, a province adjacent to Metro Manila. It did not hurt that the settlers were offered a house and lot at the relocation site.

In total, the government relocated 80 percent of the more than 10,000 families living along the embankment of Pasig River. The relocation program aimed to help clean up the river by removing the legions of people who dump their garbage and their effluent into the river.

Data from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) showed that 65 percent of pollution in the river comes from domestic or household waste, while only 30 percent comes from industrial waste, and 5 percent from solid waste.

In June 2008, Alpapara’s family and more than 100 others moved to the Rodriguez resettlement area, which they christened Villa San Isidro. Another 100 families, also from Punta, moved in early this year.

Certainly, the move was not easy. In other relocation sites, the informal settlers end up regretting the move, because the new community is isolated—far from places where they can find a job to feed their families. And some sites also suffer from a lack of basic facilities—like paved roads—because of poor planning.

Lives transformed

But Alpapara, who is now the president of the Villa San Isidro homeowners association, said that after transferring, her views about life changed.

She added that she wants the best for family, and she had found it in the resettlement site.

She said she valued having more space, enough even for gardening. Plus, the ambiance was relatively more peaceful than along the river, and like before, the residents were working together to build a good community, she added.

“Basta ang isang mahirap na nagsikap, pinahalahan ang ibinigay sa inyo, gaganda at aayos kasama ang pag-unlad ng iyong buhay at komunidad [So long as a poor person makes an effort, gives importance to what’s given to him, their lives and community will improve and prosper],” she said.

Alpapara, also fondly called as “Nanay [Mother] Vener” in the community, said she agreed to relocate because the resettlement area is nearby schools—from a day-care center to high school—the market and church.

“I am proud to say na pinaka maganda ang Villa San Isidro [I’m proud to say that Villa San Isidro is the most beautiful community],” she said.

Commuting to Makati

Joselito Galgo, 31-year-old father of four—ages 11, 8, 7 and 3—also left the riverbank at Punta for a chance of a better life.

Galgo, who works as a messenger in Makati City (Metro Manila), normally leaves his house in Rodriguez around 6 a.m. and arrives at his office before 8 a.m. He usually gets home at about 7 p.m.

He said that he did not mind commuting nearly two hours just to get to work, adding that he feels that his children are safer in Rodriguez than living along the riverbank. Plus, he added that the house they were occupying would eventually become theirs after they finish paying the government.

The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission partnered with the National Housing Authority (NHA) for the resettlement program. The beneficiaries pay only P342 per month for a 40-square-meter house and lot. And in 20 years, the house they will own the house under the rent-to-own program.

Alpapara said the residents feel secure, as she credited the leadership of the village chairman, Cecilio Hernandez.

The chairman gave her a two-way radio, which has made it easier to communicate with other village officials or to call the authorities and an ambulance when those are needed, she explained.

“Panawagan ko sa mga informal settlers na tanggapin kasi mas gaganda ang buhay nila [I urge the other informal settlers along the Pasig River to accept the resettlement offer, because their lives would improve],” she said. The government won’t force them to move, because they would be given a choice, she added.

RonnieR

August 28th, 2009, 07:18 AM

it's not clear if the city provided them with houses for resettlement.
From Philstar (http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3166/metrob.jpg)

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Demolished shanties along C-4 Road
A woman and her children look on as her neighbors salvage their belongings after the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority demolished their shanties along C-4 Road in Barangay Tañong, Malabon City yesterday. Ernie Peñaredondo

shyaman

August 28th, 2009, 03:29 PM

North Triangle slum, Quezon City

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kiretoce

August 28th, 2009, 07:51 PM

^^ OT: I'm just curious....how does mail get delivered to the inhabitants in that slum?

papapiolo

August 28th, 2009, 08:36 PM

^^ OT: I'm just curious....how does mail get delivered to the inhabitants in that slum?

I am not sure kung nakakarating nga ba sa kanila.. I remembered when I was in singapore.. I sent a xmas card to my uncle who is living in a slum area in mandaluyong... when I asked them few months after xmas. they told me they haven't received the card.. mukhang pinaginteresan na.. binuksan na baka siguro may nakaipit na pera... :ohno:

shyaman

August 29th, 2009, 12:34 PM

^^ OT: I'm just curious....how does mail get delivered to the inhabitants in that slum?

I guess all mails could have been dropped in the baranggay hall or a similar community center. Then residents have to check themselves if they've got mail. :D

in_a_rush

August 30th, 2009, 06:53 AM

I guess all mails could have been dropped in the baranggay hall or a similar community center. Then residents have to check themselves if they've got mail. :D

parang sa states lang. May PO BOX number sila. HAHA

sayang naman yang North Triangle. Very prime location! eto yung nabiling lupa ng Ayala diba? i just hope madaliin yung pag-develop sa lugar.

RonnieR

September 20th, 2009, 04:30 AM

It's really good to see that our rail tracks now are free of squatters. No administration has done this feat since Pres. Marcos.:cheers:

120,000 low-income families given shelter yearly - De Castro
By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star) Updated September 20, 2009 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - The government has provided shelter aid to 120,000 low-income households annually since 2001, Vice President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Chairman Noli de Castro said.

“I believe that the gains that we have today can be attributed to our determination to work together despite the seemingly insurmountable constraints,” De Castro said at the 2nd Asia Pacific Housing Forum in Makati recently.

Although De Castro admitted that the government does not have enough resources to close the housing gap, he said they were still able to provide shelter aid to poor families by enjoining various sectors to participate in their program.

“The key lies in mobilizing the support of all sectors of Philippine society, including the beneficiaries themselves,” he said.

Such strategies and approaches enabled the administration to reap enough gains in housing, De Castro stressed.

He said the government also sustained efforts to promote capability-building and empowerment of its development partners.

Several programs are already in place, such as the Cities Development Strategies implemented by the League of Cities of the Philippines and supported by Official Development Assistance, the IMPACT or Integrated Approaches to Poverty Reduction at the Neighborhood Level implemented by HUDCC and supported by the Cities Alliance, the Housing Microfinance Initiatives of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Development of Poor Urban Communities Sector project funded by the Asian Development Bank, and the localized CMP.

RonnieR

September 20th, 2009, 04:59 AM

moving on the right direction with the support of private companies.

San Miguel gives hope to Pasig River settlers
By James Mananghaya (The Philippine Star) Updated September 20, 2009 12:00 AM

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Eighty-three-year-old Angela Garcia beams
as she shows her new home at the Bayanijuan
housing project for Pasig River settlers in
Calauan, Laguna.

CALAUAN, Laguna, Philippines – Poor people who used to live along the banks of the Pasig River continue to receive not just new homes but a chance at a better life.

Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has donated P21 million for the construction of a new village inside the Bayanijuan sa Calauan housing project in Barangay Dayap here that will benefit residents relocated from Estero de Paco in Manila.

SMC will sponsor 300 new houses with the amount, which was turned over to the beneficiaries and witnessed by ABS-CBN Foundation managing director Gina Lopez and Calauan Mayor George Berris.

The houses will be completed by December.

Aside from shelter, the beneficiaries will also receive livelihood packages, according to SMC president and chief operating officer Ramon Ang during his visit here last Wednesday.

“We will provide them with livelihood. We will build a poultry farm here and establish a cooperative that would run it,” Ang announced to the delight of the beneficiaries.

The housing project is part of ABS-CBN Foundation’s Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig, a move that aims to rehabilitate the murky river.

Those who have relocated here have started small livelihood projects like handicraft and furniture making and vegetable farming.

Some out-of-school youth were also given free training by the Technology Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in electrical work and other vocational courses.

At present, 271 families from Estero de Paco have been relocated to this former National Housing Authority (NHA) property.

Ang, who was delighted at the progress of the projects, bought 3,000 pieces of bags and picture frames made by the residents.

He also promised to provide basic medical equipment for the village clinic.

The Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig started in March 2008 when the ABS-CBN Foundation and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources forged an agreement to rehabilitate the river.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=506875&publicationSubCategoryId=63

RonnieR

September 24th, 2009, 06:14 AM

Ginawang terminal ng mga abusadong jeepney drivers ang lugar na to sa may Guadalupe near Bliss. The slum andoon pa rin. :bash: I'm wondering what is the plan of Mayor Binay and his officials.

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Sleepwalker

November 2nd, 2009, 12:09 PM

Lapu-lapu City, Cebu
flickr photo by Matt Garcia

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2466/3605814423_7ec686c634.jpg

kenken94

November 2nd, 2009, 12:18 PM

^^ Parang di masyadong halata yung slum area............

bakasaurus

November 2nd, 2009, 04:30 PM

^^ Parang di masyadong halata yung slum area............

Hindi..actually beach resort yan..parang pearl farm ng davao. TIngnan mo ang mga roof matching ang kulay..

kiretoce

November 2nd, 2009, 04:32 PM

Lapu-lapu City, Cebu
flickr photo by Matt Garcia

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2466/3605814423_7ec686c634.jpg

This is all I can say about this photo....it's a very "picturesque" slum. :colgate:

Sleepwalker

November 2nd, 2009, 04:49 PM

Just trying to be photogenic...:lol:

bakasaurus

November 2nd, 2009, 05:17 PM

Meron kase pakontest ang government na the best slum area awards eh..Hehehehe.

kiretoce

November 2nd, 2009, 05:23 PM

^^ I wonder what the criteria for judging is on that one. ;)

Sleepwalker

November 2nd, 2009, 05:23 PM

Seriously, I hope that the corrupt office of Lapu-lapu City's mayor could at least show a little bit of delicadeza...I really wonder what would become of this city now that it is already a lone district. Will there will be more squatters and potholes to come?

@bakasaurus, @rustyboi and @sinjin...It's all your call this coming 2010... :)

bakasaurus

November 2nd, 2009, 05:43 PM

^^ I wonder what the criteria for judging is on that one. ;)

Lamang daw ang may water features..:lol:

Seriously, I hope that the corrupt office of Lapu-lapu City's mayor could at least show a little bit of delicadeza...I really wonder what would become of this city now that it is already a lone district. Will there will be more squatters and potholes to come?

@bakasaurus, @rustyboi and @sinjin...It's all your call this coming 2010...

Sadly, I think I will not be able to vote for the first time because I still won't be there during elections. The problem is I have not (so far) really come across a decent and competent Mayoralty candidate in Lapu-Lapu within the years that I have been an eligible voter. But Radaza has been overstaying.

SleMarKen

November 2nd, 2009, 06:22 PM

mi.hyul

November 2nd, 2009, 06:48 PM

mingaw pa man diri sa amua ang politica. or maybe in our place lang.:lol:

todjikid

January 3rd, 2010, 04:39 PM

Maraming ganyan.

babagsakan ko nalang ng agent orange yung lgar ng mga professional squatter para mawala na sa mundong ito mga bwisit na linta na yan!!!:bash::bash::bash:

minsan i also think of nasty things. i pass by cubao cambridge area. grabe. these people are the kings of the road. sila pa galit kapag nagsisikip ang kalsada.pano ang bintana tumatama na sa side mirror, ang sofa nasa sidewalk... sometimes talaga...

were captives of our own ideology of goodness and human kindness.

kaya kahit nakakaisip tayo ng mga masasamang bagay kagaya ng pagpapakawala ng pusa na inilublob sa gas tapos sisilaban sa mga area na ganito...

we stop, kasi masama nga siya.

jpdm

March 21st, 2010, 03:17 AM

minsan i also think of nasty things. i pass by cubao cambridge area. grabe. these people are the kings of the road. sila pa galit kapag nagsisikip ang kalsada.pano ang bintana tumatama na sa side mirror, ang sofa nasa sidewalk... sometimes talaga...

were captives of our own ideology of goodness and human kindness.

kaya kahit nakakaisip tayo ng mga masasamang bagay kagaya ng pagpapakawala ng pusa na inilublob sa gas tapos sisilaban sa mga area na ganito...

we stop, kasi masama nga siya.

Walang konsepto kasi mga yan ng law and order.Although puedeng maturuan gaya ng ginawa sa Marikina.

AmbutLang

March 25th, 2010, 08:28 PM

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Hoy Gising!

Dito sana nilagay ni Mike ang mga litrato nato, hindi sa Cebu Province thread. :bash: :bash: :bash:

island_boi

March 26th, 2010, 12:45 AM

Lapu-lapu City, Cebu
flickr photo by Matt Garcia

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2466/3605814423_7ec686c634.jpg

akala mo resort lang... ang galing ng kumuha..

RonnieR

April 15th, 2010, 01:50 PM

This is in Recto, Manila, shanties occupying a small portion of Recto Avenue, dati nang nasunog but they built again. Mayor Lim failed to relocate/demolish them.

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zhock2001

April 16th, 2010, 12:13 AM

parang di dinaanan ng sunog... that wouldn't have looked that way if actions against it were fast... di naman siguro ganyan kabilis maka aqcuire ng building materials ang mga mahihirap! take it from someone who knows... ako ang tunay na mahirap!:lol:peace

Christian_123

April 18th, 2010, 11:46 PM

RonnieR

April 19th, 2010, 12:56 PM

Tondo
http://cayconline.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/slums-of-tondo.jpg

This one will be demolished once North Harbor modernization starts.
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chris_nigel

April 19th, 2010, 03:16 PM

ang tanong san nman nila irerelocate yan kung paalisin lang nila balewala lang yan

absinthe_888

April 21st, 2010, 04:44 PM

Guys, hindi ba kayo natatakot pag nagppic sa slum area?

kiretoce

April 22nd, 2010, 04:07 AM

^^ What's to fear? Are they that dangerous and lawless?

dessertfox

April 29th, 2010, 09:18 PM

^^ What's to fear? Are they that dangerous and lawless?

Kung Picture taking, walang problema doon, mag po-pose pa nga ang mga yan. Noong natira ako sa bandang Navotas, problema diyan and ulan nang pana:) lalo doon sa dating Smokey Mountain.

I happened to experience living with them in Kapitabahayan Navotas, relocation site during Marcos, most of relocatees came from Tondo, which so happened to be near another SQ area of Bangakulasi. Wow! our place was like a battle ground. Nahabol pa nga ako nang taga sa basketball, but not the SQ, in fact we have good relationship with them since we were co-workers in a garment factory with most among the SQ Siga-siga's nanays, ates.

That's why I admire the Gawad Kalinga of CFC for their programs like SIGA, transporming hoodlums and making them responsible citizens. Just give them respect and they could be your best of friends.

RonnieR

August 17th, 2010, 07:38 AM

Demolition of shanties in New Manila, QC.

http://www.gulf-times.com/mritems/images/2010/8/17/2_380436_1_252.jpg
Residents whose shanty homes were recently demolished, throw stones at the demolition team in Quezon City, suburban Manila yesterday. Hundreds of houses built by informal settlers were demolished inside a private lot after the landlord won a court case claiming ownership of the land
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=380443&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25

icarusrising

August 17th, 2010, 03:32 PM

Bakit parang may Spanish Era na tower sa gitna nyan?

http://www.fourthmarinesband.com/bilibid_prison.jpg

http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Bio_160/Projects2000/Ethics/pow4.jpg

One of the towers of the pre-war bilibid prison.

noli-kun

September 12th, 2010, 12:59 PM

The only problem is, the government does not empower these people. May DSWD nga tayo but they are scant of fully serving their purpose. Dinadahilan tuloy ng ibang mga maralitang taga-lungsod na dahil hindi naman sila pinapansin ng batas ay hindi na rin nila papansinin ang batas, hence the havoc and disorder.

Sleepwalker

September 14th, 2010, 05:14 AM

The Most Photogenic Squatters Area
Lapu-lapu City, Cebu
flickr photo by jesusfreak1543

Note: Thanks to the good ex-mayor of Lapu-lapu City for making this settlement photogenic, at least... :okay:
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bakasaurus

September 14th, 2010, 03:30 PM

Hahaha. The free paint does make them look like a beach resort of sorts.
This is just a 10-minute walk from our house and as a kid back in the early 90's we used to swim here. Back then wala pa man ang 2nd bridge and there were no house on stilts there.
Immigrants from VISMIN area and the other towns of Cebu started to build houses here with the coming of employees in MEPZ.

But really, this is one of the prettier squatters areas of the country. Lol.
Not to mention, this is also a vote-rich zone for our wonderful, competent and honest local officials in Lapu-Lapu City!

Sleepwalker

September 14th, 2010, 06:55 PM

^^Free paint? Wow, that's thick! :lol: Lapu-lapu LGU is not only tolerating them, but also supporting them... :ohno:

RonnieR

September 16th, 2010, 08:47 AM

Good news for San Juan squatters/informal settlers.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20100915-292498/SJ-settlers-assured-of-relocation-site
San Juan settlers assured of relocation site

By Niña Calleja
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:01:00 09/15/2010

Filed Under: Construction & Property, local officials, Housing & Urban Planning

THE INFORMAL settlers to be displaced by the construction of a P520-million San Juan City Hall are assured of a permanent relocation site through the city government’s medium-rise housing plan, Rep. JV Ejercito said Wednesday.

Some residents and advocacy groups have been opposing the construction of the new city hall on a one-hectare lot near the Pinaglabanan Shrine, claiming that thousands of villagers in Barangay Corazon de Jesus would lose their homes without a definite relocation.

Ejercito, however, clarified that the city government has a concrete plan for their relocation.

“I don’t think there’s a reason for them to rally because we have a long-term plan which seeks to end squatting in San Juan,” Ejercito told reporters in a press briefing.

Ejercito, former mayor of San Juan who was replaced by his mother Guia Gomez, said the city government plans to buy at least three hectares of land in the city on which will stand five-story medium-rise buildings. Each building can accommodate around 100 families.

In collaboration with Phinma Inc., a housing conglomerate, the construction of the medium-rise buildings will be shouldered by the city government but the informal settlers must pay from P2,000 to P3,000 as rental fee, Ejercito said.

Maxxclip

September 16th, 2010, 09:40 AM

^^good move:okay:

Sleepwalker

September 16th, 2010, 07:46 PM

^^Medium rise building is the best solution to give shelter to those who can't buy expensive units. But our government should be more strict in filtering those who can avail this kind of projects.

RonnieR

September 24th, 2010, 05:51 AM

Ang nagpapahirap lalo etong mga komunistang ANAKBAYAN. May relokasyon naman sa mga squatters, and yet they oppose DEVELOPMENT. They want these poor people to remain lazy, poor and some of them resort to criminal activities. :bash:

The government thru NHA is right in their action: Relocate the squatters to pave way for the new QC Central Business District

Tension remains high at QC demolition site; 12 hurt
09/24/2010 | 07:45 AM
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A day after around 12 people were injured in a violent confrontation that marred a demolition operation, tension remained high at a residential area in Quezon City Friday.

Despite a temporary restraining order halting the demolition, residents in Sitio San Roque II in North Triangle maintained their barricades, according to a report by dzBB's Allan Gatus.

Members of militant groups including Kadamay and Anakbayan went to the area to provide support to affected residents, the report said.

The demolition work was ordered to make way for a business center in the area.

Residents rejected an offer by the National Housing Authority (NHA), which owns the land their houses stand on, to relocate them to Rodriguez (Montalban) in Rizal province.

The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) maintained its stance to observe maximum tolerance, even as it waits for the court and NHA to determine when to resume the demolition work.

At least 12 people, including police personnel, were injured Thursday when violent confrontation erupted between residents and members of the demolition team.

The violence caused a traffic jam along nearby Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) was snarled, stretching back all the way to Cubao district.

Meanwhile, QCPD head Chief Superintendent Benjardi Mantele said they are waiting for the legal officers and the NHA to decide when they will resume the demolition work.

Mantele reminded his men dealing with the residents not to carry firearms.

He also reminded the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) personnel who are authorized to carry firearms to stay at the sidelines.

"They are not to have firearms except for the SWAT operatives, who will stay at the sidelines," he said in an interview on dzBB radio. — LBG, GMANews.TV
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/201796/tension-remains-high-at-qc-demolition-site-12-hurt

OtAkAw

September 24th, 2010, 08:05 PM

^^I'd say burn them all down!!! (Half-baked JOKE!)

habagatcentral1

September 25th, 2010, 01:38 AM

^^ If I had it my way, go. Let them be relocated. Let them move out of North Triangle. They simply do not fit in the Central Business District plan of Ayala. I may sound a bit elitist but look at Dasma Bagong Bayan and GMA in Cavite. Once resettlement areas, now one of the economic powerhouses of Cavite! Its a matter of hardwork and determination to have a good life that is through work. I don't want the people to rely TOO MUCH from the government--even though the government HAS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.

However, I heard that P-Noy has halted the relocation (for a while) for the Barangay Pag-Asa informal settlers. For now maybe until this has been ironed out. While the tension is still there, there are reports that some of the residents are already making transaction with the NHA regarding relocation at Montalban.

kiretoce

October 7th, 2010, 06:53 AM

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MatudNilaBaby

October 7th, 2010, 07:12 AM

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those faces in this video should receive royalties from the music company for using their images. that will probably lift them out of poverty. now thats god in action.

Maxxclip

January 29th, 2011, 09:15 AM

Cebu, Mandaue officials vow to remove shanties on Mahiga Creek
Fatrick Tabada, Cebu Daily News

Mandaue and Cebu City were placed under a state of calamity after three days of rains triggered pocket floods that affected at least 25 barangays.

The declarations were made in separate resolutions by both city councils to pave the way for the release of calamity funds.

The next step is for both cities to demolish shanties and structures along creeks and rivers that block the passage of waterways – if they have the political will.

Gerry Carillo, Cebu City Hall disaster consultant, said they plan to do just that.

The Mahiga Creek overflowed during heavy rains on Tuesday and flooded the North Reclamation Area in barangay Mabolo.

He said representatives of Mandaue City assured they would cooperate with Cebu City in removing illegal structures along Mahiga Creek, which lies in the boundary between the cities of Cebu and Mandaue.

“There is no need of any court order because we are after their safety,” Carillo said.

He said the rivers and creeks can’t be dredged if illegal settlers are living there.

Carillo said at least 200 houses are built on waterways and about 2,000 structures don’t comply with the required three-meter easement or distance from creeks and rivers.

He said affected families will receive financial aid and assisted in returning to their hometowns, but no amount has been fixed or time table set.

Yesterday, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama met with agency and department heads to discuss flood preparedness shortly before he left for Japan yesterday.

The Japan trip is a private one and at the same time, an opportunity to receive fire trucks donated by the Japanse Government.

Vice Mayor Joy Augustus Young takes over as acting mayor until Rama's return on Feb. 1.

Mayor Rama said he was open to the proposed “ Balik Lungsod” program of the Capitol .

Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia earlier said the province would help migrants return to their hometowns and assist in their livelihood. Details have yet to be spelled out.

The meeting was attended by City Hall department heads, Mandaue city government representatives, and some private sector representatives.

City Administrator Jose Mari Poblete took over the discussion after the mayor left. Poblete urged families living along Mahiga Creek to evacuate.

“The creeks now do not only have shanties but also permanent structures,” he said.

Cebu City has a P200 million calamity fund in the 2011 budget. Mandaue City has a P36 million calamity fund.

The Cebu City Disaster Council identified 16 barangays hit by floods triggered by rains on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27.

Last Tuesday, Jan. 25, after less than two hours of rain portions of 10 barangays in the city were flooded, according to the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (RDCC).

These were Kasambagan, Kinasang-an, Mabolo and Kamputhaw, T. Padilla, Mambaling, Apas, Tinago, Busay and Guadalupe.

The floods on Tuesday also affected four barangays in Mandaue – Guizo, Subangdaku, Basak and Tipolo, prompting the City Council to declare the city under a state of calamity.

Mandaue Mayor Jonas Cortes said he plans to activate the Barangay Disaster Brigade (BDB) in each of the 27 barangays in the city.

Members will be trained by the fire department and Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation.

Rains continued on Jan. 26 and affected barangays Zapatera, Guadalupe, Kamputhaw, Mabolo Mambaling and Pulangbato in Cebu City.

The rains on Jan. 27 also affected barangays Kalunasan, Basak Pardo, Buhisan, Mambaling, Mabolo, Pahina Central, Talamban, Guadalupe, Inayawan and Apas in Cebu City.

The CDCC had to send rescue boats to barangay Basak Pardo after floodwaters reached waist level. Flood waters in Mambaling were also waist deep.

A riverside riprap in barangay Buhisan collapsed. Soil erosion was reported in Guadalupe Elementary School, forcing the police to cordon the area to prevent pupils from going to the area.

City Hall will send a team to inspect the site of the washed out footbridge at the sitio Camba-og, barangay Pulangbato, where residents are stranded by the loss of a link across a muddy river.

Consultant Gerry Carillo said Mayor Michael Rama gave instructions to prepare to build a new one to avoid drowning accidents because residents may be forced to wade through the river to get to the other side./with a report from Reporter Jucell Cuyos

Dredging of silted creeks part of Master Plan

Engineering personnel started dredging some waterways in Cebu City.

The Tejero creerk and Florencio Urot School creek were dredged yesterday afternoon since there was no illegal structure in the area, said City Engineer Kenneth Enriquez.

Enriquez said this was part of the Drainage Master Plan which the city has started to implement.

It would cost about P255 million to fully implement the master plan, which was submitted in 2005 to then Mayor Tomas Osmena.

So far, the city government allocated P50 million in last year's annual budget for the initial phase.

The city lacks dreding equipment but some contractors have offered free use of their units, like Primary Structures and TWG construction which offered their backhoes.

Enriquez said the city plans to buy heavy equipment like hyrdraulic machines, dump trucks, and backhoes using the P60 million budget approved by the City Council last week.

“Before, we used bamboo poles to desilt and dredge the rivers. Now we are using hydraulic machines,” she said. They are prioritizing Mahiga Creek, Lahing Lahing Creek, Tinago Creek and Tagunol Creek.

Maxxclip

February 11th, 2011, 01:34 AM

City slums among the biggest challenges for gov’t in era of climate change

MANILA, Philippines—The migration of the people to urban centers has become one of the biggest challenges faced by the government with the onset of climate change, World Bank officials said on Thursday.

Yan Zhang, WB-Philippines country sector coordinator, said that by 2030, about 80 percent of the populace in the country would be living in cities, up from 60 percent at present.

The proliferation of slums, she said, was a "manifestation of the unmet demands of the newly migrant populations,'' and these slums have always been exposed to natural hazards.

"Far too many cities in the Philippines have not been able to respond to the demand to provide immediate infrastructure, essential utilities such as water, roads, sanitation, schools, clinics,'' she said at the launch of the book, "Natural Hazards, Unnatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention,'' in the Senate.

Other sources of vulnerability for the Philippines are poverty, inadequate infrastructure and environmental degradation, according to Yan.

To reduce death and damage from disasters, countries like the Philippines should focus on better weather forecasting and early warning system, critical infrastructure and environmental buffers, she said.

"Prevention could be achieved by protecting environmental buffer, incentivizing safe locations, and enforcing proper engineering standards and designs,'' she added.

The Philippines is among the global disaster hotspots.

It ranks eighth among countries most vulnerable to hazards, with at least 60 percent of its land area exposed to multiple hazards, and 11th among countries with high mortality risk, according to Yan.

Yan, however, noted that the case for prevention would not be difficult to make in the country where 85 percent of the gross domestic product has been located in areas at risk to natural hazards.

In the aftermath of the storms “Ondoy” and “Pepeng” in late 2009, she said the government developed a disaster risk management policy framework emphasizing prevention and mitigation measures.

"It's definitely a welcoming move in the right direction,'' she said, citing for instance that local calamity funds could now be allocated for preparedness, prevention and risk mitigation, and not only for post-disaster responses.

Yan observed that the government had made better investments in weather forecasting, early warning system improvement, the safeguarding of critical infrastructure and protection of environmental buffers.

"Improving weather has almost always yielded high returns. PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) established an early warning system and recently upgraded their equipment, providing more accurate and timely weather information,'' she said.

"And dividends will be higher if data is widely shared domestically, regionally and internationally,'' she added.

But she said no single prevention measure would be sufficient, saying "We need a portfolio of different measures.''

http://banyuhayonline.i.ph/photo/d/100-1/inquirer-logo.jpg (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20110210-319608/City-slums-among-the-biggest-challenges-for-govt-in-era-of-climate-change)

habagatcentral1

February 28th, 2011, 10:45 AM

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A day after around 12 people were injured in a violent confrontation that marred a demolition operation, tension remained high at a residential area in Quezon City Friday.

Despite a temporary restraining order halting the demolition, residents in Sitio San Roque II in North Triangle maintained their barricades, according to a report by dzBB's Allan Gatus.

As of last Saturday...

These are one hard bunch.

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pi_malejana

February 28th, 2011, 10:47 AM

Contra CBD?!??! anak ng kagaw naman oh..:ohno::bash: dyan din ung gulo nuon diba, ung kumalat pa nga sa EDSA tapos pinatigil ni PNoy..??

habagatcentral1

February 28th, 2011, 10:52 AM

Contra CBD?!??! anak ng kagaw naman oh..:ohno::bash: dyan din ung gulo nuon diba, ung kumalat pa nga sa EDSA tapos pinatigil ni PNoy..??

:yes:

arcabe

February 28th, 2011, 11:12 AM

pi_malejana

February 28th, 2011, 11:23 AM

well that's the reality we are facing. In the first place they wouldn't been there if not because of our rotten and corrupt public. It's a cycle, you demolished them, then when election time comes, nandyan na naman yan, kailangan ni mayor ang boto e...:ohno::ohno:

pero ngayon, once na naalis na sila, tatayuan na ng cbd, kaya malabo nang makabalik yan... maliban na lang kung aabutin pa ng ilang taon bago magsimula ang construction...:D

arcabe

February 28th, 2011, 12:17 PM

pero ngayon, once na naalis na sila, tatayuan na ng cbd, kaya malabo nang makabalik yan... maliban na lang kung aabutin pa ng ilang taon bago magsimula ang construction...:D

oo nga e, umaalis din sila, pero sa ibang lugar na naman pupunta, tapos yun, magiging problema na naman ng gobyerno natin. Sa tingin ko dumadami lang sila. Dapat bakal na kamay na ang gagamitin dito.:bash:

flymordecai

March 17th, 2011, 03:13 PM

I'm posting a news story response that I wrote for my International Housing class. Please let me know if you have any responses to it. :)

Section Assignment #2: The Practice of Housing

Filipino, the national language of the Philippines, has one word to call the physical dwellings of squatter settlements, the people who inhabit the dwellings, and the community formed by the settlement: iskwater. Derived from the English squatter, this single noun applies to the physical space, the individual identity, and the social identity. It seems to suggest a disinterest in classifying these separate subjects into their own categories and instead consolidates them into a single word that is focused on the act of squatting, an illegal act that Filipinos of the middle and upper classes feel strongly against. The main opposition is that the informal squatting process of the iskwater is an act of leeching off the formal society, like an unwelcome blight upon the city.

Welcome or not, the squatters have integrated themselves into the urban fabric, thrusting their dwellings into interstitial spaces of the city that are often in perilous locations. The mass relocation of informal settlers in Quezon City, one of the cities that form Metro Manila, is an attempt to prevent these natural disasters from becoming human disasters by relocating them to safer, formally built housing in the periphery of metropolis. However, this relocation can be interpreted as a sugarcoating of the displacement of the poor into a lifesaving mission. Mayor Bautista of Quezon City in the article admits that any development plan of the city must emphasize the lifesaving aspect of the informal housing demolition, suggesting that embellishing the process is a requirement in order to minimize the problems that comes with resettlement. The problems of informal settlers stem mostly from unwillingness to relocate due the uncertainty around their future well-being in the resettlement sites. People in the iskwater rely on the informal economy that provides them with means to pay for subsistence, but without the informal infrastructure and economy that already exists in the city, the prospect of moving to the resettlement site outside of the city is not a promising one.

In the case of the Quezon City iskwater, the displacement of the poor is described as a benevolent mission to prevent disasters. It is clear in the words of the officials that this relocation is not being done entirely for the well-being of the informal settlers. In fact, previous demolitions of squatter settlements in the city did not provide a relocation site for the affected people. The actuality of the relocation is that the erasure of the squatter settlements pave the way for the development of the city, but this erasure displaces the poor into the outer reaches of the city where economic opportunities can be harder to come by. These already socially marginalized and “otherized” people may potentially be dealt a double blow with the relocation. An ideal situation is government-subsidized, low-income housing that will allow the people to remain close to the economic opportunities of the city. At the same time, formally built housing by the government should have sufficient protection from natural disasters that the iskwater does not provide.

It is a response to this article about the mass relocation set to happen in Quezon City: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/305740/qc-sets-mass-relocation-settlers

frio

March 18th, 2011, 01:39 AM

well that's the reality we are facing. In the first place they wouldn't been there if not because of our rotten and corrupt public. It's a cycle, you demolished them, then when election time comes, nandyan na naman yan, kailangan ni mayor ang boto e...:ohno::ohno:

i agree! and take note, our public officials also take votes for bribe aside from cash!

habagatcentral1

March 18th, 2011, 01:50 AM

^^ Slums are also called "voters plantations."

RonnieR

April 12th, 2011, 09:22 AM

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/1592/metphoto1hires.jpg
Firefighters train their hoses on shanties burning along BIR Road in Quezon City yesterday. BOY SANTOS
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=675411&publicationSubCategoryId=65

OtAkAw

April 13th, 2011, 01:43 PM

^^Burn them all!!! JOKE! :lol:

Sleepwalker

April 14th, 2011, 07:07 AM

^^Having seen how the government cuddle and take side in favor of the illegal settlers (first time i heard illegal doers are being favored), somehow i realized that instead of complaining much here on the inaction of the government, why not join the party?

Right now, I am trying to target some prime lots in Cebu. I'll build a shanty there and let some people rent. And if time comes that the owner or somebody will demolish my shanty, I am sure, that our good government will be there for me, either they will protect us or give us relocation site... :) :cheers:

Light-bulb-on-my-head moment indeed!... :D

arquitekto

April 15th, 2011, 06:58 AM

Spratly Islands or maybe KIG, are good places for a relocation site... :lol:
-dun patirahin lahat ng IS... Maganda na rin na maraming IS na patirahin dun, para mas malaki ang chance ng Pilipinas over its claims with those islands... yun nga lang, mahirap ata gawin yun, esp. now na merong tension within china-vietnam-philippines. hehe :lol:

hugodiekonig

April 18th, 2011, 03:05 PM

^^ Slums are also called "voters plantations."

Some politicians retain slum areas within their locality so that during election days, they would be able to gain support from them through all kinds of "give aways"

PhilUk19

April 22nd, 2011, 01:40 PM

Palace keen on relocating informal settlers

Posted at 04/21/2011 12:44 AM | Updated as of 04/22/2011 12:30 AM

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang assured on Wednesday that the government has a resettlement plan for informal settlers in Metro Manila and other parts of the country.

Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in a press conference that Palace officials have spoken to Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) secretary general Celia Alba regarding the issue.

“The priorities first in determining the resettlement plan is we focus first on people living in danger areas. That would mean living near waterways. Another danger area include the railways,” he said.

He issued the statement after a fire razed a large shanty community in Makati City on Tuesday.

“HUDCC is considering all factors to determine relocation, possibly in-site or near-city relocation. But again, it depends on the cost of land, the proximity, the facilities, capability of the beneficiaries to pay,” he said.

Lacierda also revealed a slum upgrading program that will benefit informal settlers on private land.

The Social Housing Finance Corporation can lend money to beneficiaries for land acquisition in this respect.

For people occupying government land, the HUDCC intends to do help them through presidential proclamations.

^^^^^^^^^^

Its a plan atleast!!

noli-kun

April 22nd, 2011, 06:00 PM

I think that's just another drivel. We are already sick and tired of PLANS. We need something concrete and tangible like honest-to-goodness public housing like tenement and mid-rise housings right smack in the fringes of urban cores. This should be prioritized by the government.

skyion

April 23rd, 2011, 11:56 AM

"Slum" area in downtown Davao....

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/197500_1626924164062_1565299492_31456928_5981066_n.jpg
(originally posted by darknightdetective of CDO)

...Anlinis pa rin! :rofl:

OtAkAw

April 23rd, 2011, 09:18 PM

^^I don't think that's technically a slum.

Sarcasticity

April 24th, 2011, 03:54 AM

^^I don't think that's technically a slum.

Just slum-ish looking :nuts:

http://thelongestwayhome.zenfolio.com/img/v10/p474677025-4.jpg

Along Davao Gulf

It's hard for me to see our country improving or as a newly industrialized nation or 2nd world country etc., when a large number of the population still live in severe poverty. It's a sad fact that has plagued our country for years now. A country is only as good as the standard of living of its people. Relocating them is just a means to beautify our cities, but does it help mobilize their lives?

OtAkAw

April 24th, 2011, 01:03 PM

^^Now that's a slum! :lol:

arquitekto

April 24th, 2011, 02:41 PM

I hope that the Philippine Government will seriously focus in Socialized Mass Housing Projects so that in 2016, there'll be a drastic decrease of IS across the country. or if possible, there will be no more. :)

wakeuptoreality

April 24th, 2011, 03:26 PM

Cebu
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4228818398_d9ccdf8fa1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aclund/4228818398/)
Slum in Cebu (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aclund/4228818398/) by Aclund (http://www.flickr.com/people/aclund/), on Flickr

MatudNilaBaby

April 24th, 2011, 08:35 PM

bakasaurus

April 25th, 2011, 08:58 AM

Slum with green architecture? lol.

mAiNsTrEaMhunter

April 25th, 2011, 12:28 PM

^^
green architecture kasi made from light materials! lol

Bosnyboy

May 7th, 2011, 11:47 AM

that's also what mmda did before, paint all slum house blue and pink hahhaa

jcruze057

May 12th, 2011, 05:19 AM

grabeh talaga tumira dyan, kase sa subra dami ng mga pamilya, at any given time, may mag-piprito, mag-aadobo, at kung anu-ano pang masang-sang na amoy ng mga dogyut na lutuing bugok or penoy kaya mahihirapan kangv huminga, overcrowded na nga tapos dogyot/untidy pa ang lifestyle mga tao, pero nabubuhay pa rin sila, unbelievable talaga.

hugodiekonig

May 12th, 2011, 05:20 AM

Slum with green architecture? lol.

bigyan nalang nila ng disenteng tirahan hehehehe

Sleepwalker

May 12th, 2011, 05:36 AM

Katangi-an na kasi nating mga Pinoy ang mahilig sa freebies...Kaya daming pabigat sa lipunan.

arcabe

May 12th, 2011, 07:34 AM

Katangi-an na kasi nating mga Pinoy ang mahilig sa freebies...Kaya daming pabigat sa lipunan.

at isisi sa gobyerno ang ating kahirapan...:ohno:

Yre

May 12th, 2011, 09:07 AM

at isisi sa gobyerno ang ating kahirapan...:ohno:

It's true anyway the government is partly to blame. Kung yung mga pinagnanakaw ng mga tiwaling opisyal sa kaban ng bayan eh hindi tinago sa ibang bansa at ini-invest nalang balik sa Pinas, siguro maraming magkaka-trabahong mga pinoy. Kaso, nakaw nga kaya ayun, ibang bansa pa ang nakinabang tuloy.

anak_mm

May 12th, 2011, 09:21 AM

sa Brunei parang ganyan mga bahay, maayos lang ng kaunti
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/125/322691456_78b896a035_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbad/322691456/)
Kampung Ayer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbad/322691456/) by CBad (http://www.flickr.com/people/cbad/), on Flickr

Zuburbia

May 12th, 2011, 09:31 AM

http://www.fourthmarinesband.com/bilibid_prison.jpg

http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Bio_160/Projects2000/Ethics/pow4.jpg

One of the towers of the pre-war bilibid prison.

meron palang heritage significance yang lugar na yan.. sayang... ang ganda pa nman nung nasa mga lumang pictures! i hope meron pang magagawa ang government nang manila nito.. :ohno:

kiretoce

June 22nd, 2011, 03:07 AM

This video will make you angry, it will make you cry, it will make you feel hopeless. Viewer discretion is advised.

v1Q676tSCeI

alheaine

July 19th, 2011, 10:22 PM

:sad2:^^
OMG

lochinvar

July 20th, 2011, 10:55 AM

This is propaganda. Be they the extreme left or the extreme right, propaganda will always be their main attraction.

boy muscovado

July 25th, 2011, 07:36 PM

http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc430/docdoms/IMG_9217.jpg
Squatters choking the mouth of Mandalagan River in Bacolod City

chuck23

August 30th, 2011, 12:47 PM

Cebu City
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6078/6089165980_6b0e003363_b.jpg
by: ynan12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26181046@N05/)

Sleepwalker

September 24th, 2011, 05:11 AM

http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/examples/cebu/2.jpg
An urban center with Mactan Bridge in the background
and this is the urban center up close:
http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/examples/cebu/4.jpg
photo credit: amazing ceboom (http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/cebu-philippines-was-amazing/)

As the local government of Metro Cebu are trying to clean up the metro, we might be having a different picture of this site few years later.

tunatuna

September 24th, 2011, 08:20 AM

This video will make you angry, it will make you cry, it will make you feel hopeless. Viewer discretion is advised.

v1Q676tSCeI

it pierced me...

jochval

October 28th, 2011, 11:41 AM

Cebu City
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6078/6089165980_6b0e003363_b.jpg
by: ynan12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26181046@N05/)

good combination ng slums at highrises...:D

lochinvar

October 29th, 2011, 11:24 PM

Slum won't be a problem if only proper laws are being implemented rigidly. We don't have to wait till they are millions. Moving them out is an unnecessary additions of hundreds of millions to our national budget.

diz

October 30th, 2011, 02:05 AM

This is propaganda. Be they the extreme left or the extreme right, propaganda will always be their main attraction.

Regardless, after years of poverty and a dysfunctional government, you're telling me that you still don't want to try something new?

boy muscovado

October 30th, 2011, 05:26 AM

Cebu City
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6078/6089165980_6b0e003363_b.jpg
by: ynan12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26181046@N05/)

Are these really illegal settlers/squatters or just crowded barangays? Minsan kasi may mga very densely populated areas of a city na di naman squatters but they look like a slum area due to the number of houses in a very limited space.:)

wesunsled

October 30th, 2011, 01:54 PM

yung sa likod na I2 at I1 nademolish naba? daming holdaper dyan dati nung nagvisit kami sa CVG at kumain kami dyan sa mga turo turo- BTW, mura at masasarap ang mga pagkain dyan

wakeuptoreality

November 23rd, 2011, 12:44 PM

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6118/6358233023_6eb57226b4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37378327@N05/6358233023/)
silent night (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37378327@N05/6358233023/) by dadikool (http://www.flickr.com/people/37378327@N05/), on Flickr

HANG_tod

November 23rd, 2011, 06:41 PM

may mga nakakuha na ba ng retrato sa slum area ng floodway taytay-cainta-pasig area? a million IS settling there

PhilUk19

December 22nd, 2011, 12:50 AM

Gov't launches housing project for informal settlers in Metro Manila
(philstar.com) Updated December 21, 2011 09:12 PM Comments (0) View comments

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government launched on Wednesday a P10-billion housing project for informal settlers residing in dangerous areas in the country's capital.

President Benigno Aquino III led the groundbreaking of the first set of the housing project in Pasay City, Metro Manila.

Under the program, the informal settlers will be moved from danger areas in the cities of Metro Manila and will be given in-city houses as well as the option to go back to the provinces under the government's Balik-Probinsya program.

Aquino said similar housing projects will be constructed in the cities of Manila and Quezon.

Aquino has recently organized an inter-agency technical working group on informal settlers with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) as the lead agency.

According to the DILG, Pasay City, Manila City and Quezon City were selected because of their ready shelter program and their willingness to undertake in-city housing projects.

The department said more than 19,000 families living in danger zones in those three cities will benefit from the housing fund initially released by the budget department under Aquino's disbursement accelerated program.

Pasay City has the third largest number of informal settlers in Metro Manila. Quezon City and Manila City also have a big number of poor urban dwellers.

Aside from the initial P10 billion released this year, the government will be allocating P50 billion each year until 2016 for housing projects in Metro Manila, the department said.

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HANG_tod

December 22nd, 2011, 04:32 PM

This video will make you angry, it will make you cry, it will make you feel hopeless. Viewer discretion is advised.

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^^i found it funny:lol:

even you are an american,british,australian,french,german,swiss,dutch,finish or russian every nation had undergone on that situation, it's the courage,knowledge,will,individualism,unity,able to know the fight or flight factor, know when to gumble,know what to do, know what is common sense

for short, it's our destiny, rich and poor destiny

changing our nation is like boiling the ocean

our politicians cannot do nothing, even the church... let our destiny, a destiny

CarltonHill

December 23rd, 2011, 10:47 AM

If I am just $1billion dollar richer, I can relocate 215,000 families and give them a PhP200,000 worth of a nice modern Bungalow house in fully furnished condition.....:lol:

I hope that the govt's housing project for IS will progress in fast-track.. :)

Sleepwalker

December 23rd, 2011, 12:40 PM

certified_gold

December 23rd, 2011, 03:05 PM

CarltonHill

December 24th, 2011, 03:42 AM

Just asking, would public condominiums be a substitute for bungalow houses in terms of relocation?
It takes much less space and much more people.
I can't help to wonder why can't this be used as an alternative.
I mean, even our ASEAN neighbors had engaged to this kind of a solution.
No wonder their skyline's so good. :cheers:

could be. just like in Brazil...

I'm in favor of substituting low cost vertical developments to bungalow houses... wag lang magmukhang napabayaang tenement..

oinks

December 29th, 2011, 08:47 AM

This video will make you angry, it will make you cry, it will make you feel hopeless. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Im still proud to be a Filipino! :banana:

Talagang hindi aasenso ang buhay natin kung buong buhay natin iaasa palagi sa gobyerno, walang katapusang problema!! :bash:

New year na, magbago na tayo, magsumikap! Wag puro sisi sa iba! :banana:

wiljoe

December 31st, 2011, 03:48 AM

^This video is plain propaganda. He is insinuating that all the problems in the Philippines started in 1986. He totally omitted the misdeeds of the past administrations - from Quezon to Marcos.

I think the Pnoy housing plan is a good start, in city house relocation is the way to go. Relocating people to far flung areas will not work. Also, in city house relocation would benefit the local politicians as they would not lose any votes; in fact they would gain votes. This is a win-win scenario for everyone. But the authorities should make sure that other people won't squat in the vacated areas.

epik ll ian

December 31st, 2011, 06:58 AM

I highly disagree. This video has some pretty relevant, pressing and real issues.

Parchie

January 2nd, 2012, 04:56 AM

Yes we understand...

Swerte naman nila, may libreng bahay na, may cash pa!

*****
LOL

I was waiting for some other reaction but ako lang yata natatawa dito.
From a portion of my favorite economic journalist (http://bastiat.org/en/the_law.html#SECTION_G006):
The Complete Perversion of the Law
But, unfortunately, law by no means confines itself to its proper functions. And when it has exceeded its proper functions, it has not done so merely in some inconsequential and debatable matters. The law has gone further than this; it has acted in direct opposition to its own purpose. The law has been used to destroy its own objective: It has been applied to annihilating the justice that it was supposed to maintain; to limiting and destroying rights which its real purpose was to respect. The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, to exploit the person, liberty, and property of others. It has converted plunder into a right, in order to protect plunder. And it has converted lawful defense into a crime, in order to punish lawful defense.
How has this perversion of the law been accomplished? And what have been the results?
The law has been perverted by the influence of two entirely different causes: stupid greed and false philanthropy. Let us speak of the first.