The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns necessary to halt its spread has laid bare the lack of support in various sectors of society. This was most evident in marginalized sectors, particularly the urban poor. Because of this, a group of concerned citizens, including food justice...
Father Robert Reyes, the Urban Poor Associates (UPA) and urban poor groups, held a prayer rally in front of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Intramuros, Manila on Wednesday, March 30. Photo courtesy Urban Poor Associates FB During their activity, the group prayed for Comelec to...
Highlighting the need to urgently address poverty and hunger in the Philippines, the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP), on Saturday, March 26, appealed for an exemption from the election spending ban. Under the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) Resolution No. 10747, a certificate...
A total of 300 urban poor indigenous people (IPs) residing in Barangay San Manuel, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan have benefited from the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor’s (PCUP) Disaster Resilience Caravan, the Commission announced on Friday, March 18. The Disaster Resilience Caravan...
A total of 300 families residing in Barangay Tagburos, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan have benefited from the Disaster Resilience Caravan of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) on Tuesday, March 15. The Disaster Resilience Caravan, according to PCUP, was held as part of the...
The Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP), as part of its goal to equip and help the urban poor, will implement a Disaster Resilience Caravan in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, it said on Monday, March 14. A pre-caravan meeting was also held by the Commission together with the local...
Heritage, transmission, and timelessness are at the core of Louis Vuitton’s spring/summer 2022 collection for women Three galleries of the Louvre namely the Peristyle Turgot, Colbert, and the more notable Passage Richelieu, the very pathway Louis Vuitton used to reach the appartements of Empress...
Many Filipinos who have relocated overseas have been keeping homesickness at bay by growing Pinoy vegetables so they have a steady supply of ingredients for dishes that remind them of home. READ: Japan-based educators grow temperate flowers and Philippine veggies in their Tsukuba home Growing...
When employers implemented a work-from-home policy in response to COVID-19 in 2020, Janssen M. Martinez, 29, a policy analyst in an NGO for climate change and energy policy, was one of those who were assigned to work remotely. By working from home, he found spare time to try new hobbies and do...
Many Filipinos who have chosen to live outside the Philippines have found a way to bring a little piece of home with them by planting Filipino vegetables. Others take advantage of their new climate to plant the kind of garden one sees in Western picture books. This couple based in Japan has the...
The “Surf2Sawa– Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) Wi-Fi project” or the “free Wi-Fi for all” has been launched in Quezon City, the Commission announced. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Feb 22, PCUP disclosed that the project was launched on Monday, Feb. 21 at Upper Lilac...
The pandemic has forced many people to see how fragile the current food system is. Many have started growing their own food, mostly to help feed their families during a time of lack, but also to help address possible mental health issues brought about by current global difficulties. For Marilyn...
