MMDA to use DOJ vs professional squatters Malaya | THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said it will now depend on the Department of Justice (DOJ) instead of local government units in filing cases against professional squatters and syndicates operating in the metropolis. | MMDA chairman Oscar Inocentes said this is part of the &quo...
MMDA bares plan to prosecute 'professional squatters' Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)-led agency on informal settlers will have more teeth in dealing with squatting once the Department of Justice (DoJ) becomes its prosecutorial arm against squatters. | 'When everything is finalized, it will be the DoJ, thro...
Villar was never a Tondo poor boy Inquirer | THE MARCH 7 ARTICLE ON Manny Villar's house along Moriones Street in Tondo confirmed the belief that he was never poor, never spent his Christmas on the street and never swam in a pool of garbage. In the early 1960s, if you had a three-story house ...
MIAA, Parañaque agree to relocate NAIA squatters The Daily Tribune | By Pat C. Santos | 03/13/2010 | Following the national government program of relocating informal settlers in “danger zones” to suitable housing sites, the Parañaque local government unit (LGU) and the Manila International Airport Authority agreed t...
'Apartheid' call system filters out poor Barclays clients The Daily Mail | Queries: An Indian call centre operator | Thousands of struggling bank customers will be connected to Indian call centres while more affluent account holders will get one in Britain. | A new banking phone system will identify those with low credit ...
Jenny Gibson's Story: Stimulus Funds Save Single Mom On Brink Of Homelessness Huffington Post | Last year, San Diego resident Jenny Gibson found herself unemployed after losing her job with a nonprofit organization. For this hard-working single mother, accustomed to spending her days bettering the lives of others, it was a jolting realization...
Obesity associated with poor colon cancer prognosis Newstrack India | Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): According to a new study, obese colon cancer patients are at greater risk for death or recurrent disease compared to those who are within a normal weigh...
Livestock rearing - key to poverty reduction strategies The Hindu | Gavin Wall | From equity and livelihood perspectives, livestock rearing must be at the centre stage of poverty alleviation programmes. | Livestock rearing is a key livelihood and...
More homeless families crowd D.C. General Wtop | WASHINGTON - A spike in the number of homeless families in the District is causing crowding at the D.C. General shelter. | More than 190 families -- 242 adults and 390 children -- were living at the family shelter meant for 135 on Monday. City offi...
ZP chief flays officials for poor quality of works Deccan Herald Chikkaballapur, March 12, DH News Service: | Zilla Panchayat president Vinuta Srinivas has asked the officers to ensure quality in the works taken up under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. | | Presiding over the progress r...
PSU stake sale on despite poor show: Plan panel Deccan Herald Mumbai, Mar 12, Press Trust of India | A tepid response from the retail segment for recent follow-on public offerings of central PSUs would not discourage the government from going ahead with its disinvestment road-map, Planning Commission said on Fr...
Livestock rearing - key to poverty reduction strategies The Hindu | Gavin Wall | From equity and livelihood perspectives, livestock rearing must be at the centre stage of poverty alleviation programmes. | Livestock rearing is a key livelihood and risk mitigation strategy for small and marginal farmers, particularly across the rain-fed regions of India. Livestock products comprised 32 per cent of the total value o...
Housing Haiti's homeless sparks debate as rains loom The Star | PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Sitting at a table under billowing bed sheets, David Delva tries to compile a list of around 12,000 people who now live in an open field below a hillside slum that collapsed in Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake. Haitian children Gesner, 13, (L) carries his sister Gloria, 1, next to his brother Gabriel, 3, (R), three of thirty ...
Clinton Slams Israel On Housing Announcement CBS News Clinton Stings Israeli PM With Blunt Criticism Over Housing Announcement | Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his government's announcement this week of new Jewish housing in East Jerusalem. | The State D...
