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"These countered the notion that the poor are lazy and unproductive and highlighted the residents’ self-reliance and self-sufficient practices," Save San Roque wrote.

Save San Roque Alliance / MANILA BULLETIN At least three individuals living in Sitio San Roque interviewed by Save San Roque Alliance, a group fighting for the residents’ rights, said the foul odor can be smelled even inside their houses that some of their family members also suffered from vomittting and stomach aches. “Anim na kaming nagkakasakit dito. ‘Yung una akala namin normal lang, di namin inaasahan na galing dito yung amoy nya (Six of us here already got sick. At first, we thought...

Published February 19, 2021, 10:00 AM Sitio San Roque, located in Barangay Bagong Pag-Asa, North Triangle, Quezon City, is a public property owned by the National Housing Authority (NHA) and is considered an urban poor community that has a population of 100,000 spread throughout its 256 hectares.  During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the community was heavily affected due to the limitations in mobility brought about by the imposed lockdowns and protocols.  One of the...

(photo from Save San Roque Alliance) Save San Roque Alliance expressed alarm over the action committed by the police since, the group said, the mural is only “part of the clearing and designing of learning spaces” for a community-based school in the area. “No specific violation was cited… Half of the four youth volunteers they tried to nab are minors,” the group said in a Twitter message. In a statement, the group said that their paralegal, Nanoy Rafael, immediately went to the scene ...