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...
St. Patrick's Day dinner to benefit poor The Providence Journal | Let me tell you about the nun and the restaurateur. | She is part of the Pawtucket community of the Little Sisters of the Poor and will celebrate her 50th year as a nun this summer. He is a businessman who stepped up to help her and her order. Just...
Justin Poore muscles in as Fuifui Moimoi benched The Daily Telegraph Australia | JUSTIN Poore was given a day off training last week. Told to take it easy and rest his body. Basically get himself as far away from the club gymnasium as possible. | So how surprised do you reckon Eels staffers were when they arrived for work and f...
Turkey quake exposes poor construction Post-Bulletin 3/9/2010 3:55:26 PM By Burhan Ozbilicisuzan Fraser | Associated Press | OKCULAR, Turkey - Homes in eastern areas of Turkey prone to earthquakes must be better built to withstand jolts like the magnitude 6 temblor that toppled village houses and kille...
Who's Really Poor in America? Newsvine | The problem today for most isn't this recession, it's that except for the top 10 percent, average household income hasn't changed a bit for 10 to 20 years. | ...
Sick Lily Allen gives poor show The Daily Telegraph Australia | LILY Allen has been breaking the rules again on stage, making herself even sicker from a chest infection in front of her fans. | The singer puffed on a cigarette throughout her s...
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 professi...
Our Dirty Little Secret: Who's Really Poor in America? Newsvine | The problem today for most isn't this recession, it's that except for the top 10 percent, average household income hasn't changed a bit for 10 to 20 years. | ...
Ronnie Walker, 14, Can't Get A Transplant, Is 'Virtually Homeless' Huffington Post | Ronnie Walker and her mother Kimberly Covington have been virtually homeless for months. They're moving from place to place -- a lifestyle that's even more taxing given Ronnie's condition. She's 14 and has a rare pulmonary disease. She desperately ...
Quake exposes poor Turkish building Al Jazeera | Hundreds of people in eastern Turkey have been sheltering in tents after a deadly earthquake left many homeless and exposed the region's poor construction standards. | Recep Akdag, the health minister, said the mu...
Palace: Poverty could've been worse Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang Monday admitted that the problem of poverty and hunger remained a challenge to the Arroyo administration but added that it could have been 'even worse' had the government not acted to cushion the world financial crisis last year. | Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Gary Olivar was reacting to a statement by Albay Gov...
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 ...
House prices: Rises may start to slow, surveyors say BBC News | Further rises in house prices may be held back by more properties coming onto the market, surveyors have said. | The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) says new instructions outpaced enquires from new buyers in February. | It was the second month in a row that this had happened. | The rise in house prices during the past year has bee...
