Several families living on top of a major drainage line on San Venancio Street in Barangay San Perfecto, San Juan City voluntarily relocated to newly-built housing units created by the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) on Wednesday, Dec. 3, to give way to the ongoing...
The local government of Cainta, Rizal, said around 400 informal settler families living along rivers and creeks in the municipality have been granted lots where they can build permanent homes. In a recent interview with the PaMaMariSan Rizal Press Corps, Cainta Mayor Keith Nieto said it is his...
Metro Manila Council (MMC) President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora called on the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and National Housing Authority (NHA) to help expedite the construction of vertical housing buildings in different parts of Metro Manila as part of...
Informal settlers in Quezon City will soon have a home of their own as the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) plans to establish a new housing project under the expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program. DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling met with...
Children from families dependent on informal livelihoods in Davao Region remain among the most vulnerable to child labor, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported, citing data from its ongoing regional profiling efforts. DOLE Davao Regional Director Randolf C. Pensoy said many of the...
(MMDA PIO) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said improper waste management practices from informal settlers resulted to the accumulation of garbage in rivers and creeks, which was cited as cause of the recent heavy flooding...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A bill seeking to grant maternity cash benefits to working mothers in the informal sector has been filed in the House of Representatives. Under House Bill (HB) No.10070 penned by Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan, women...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will develop a new relocation site for informal settlers following the ratification of the City Council on Wednesday, February 14, of the deed of absolute sale of a 17-hectare lot in Barangay Granada here. BENITEZ (FB) Lawyer Karol Joseph Chiu, Secretary...
Senator Imelda "Imee" Marcos said on Tuesday, December 5, that the Philippines could be the first Asian country to ratify an international labor treaty that would give informal workers the same degree of protection as regular employees against physical, sexual, psychological, and economic abuse....
Informal settlers who will be affected by the construction of a big-ticket railway project in Luzon will be attended to by the government, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. vowed. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of KJ Rosales/PPA Pool) This, Marcos said, is among...
Lack of public utilities add to the hardships of informal settler families (ISFs) at government resettlement areas, Senator Raffy Tulfo said. Tulfo revealed this in today’s hybrid public hearing of the Senate Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement chaired by Senator Joseph Victor...
A House leader has underscored the importance of empowering informal settlers by making them active partners of the government in the planning and management of their own resettlement. Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Romualdez (HRep website) House Committee on Accounts Chairperson and Tingog...
